fletja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fletja, from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛːtja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːtja

Verb

fletja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flatti, supine flatt)

  1. to flatten

Conjugation

fletja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fletja
supine sagnbót flatt
present participle
fletjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég flet flatti fletji fletti
þú fletur flattir fletjir flettir
hann, hún, það fletur flatti fletji fletti
plural við fletjum flöttum fletjum flettum
þið fletjið flöttuð fletjið flettuð
þeir, þær, þau fletja flöttu fletji flettu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú flet (þú), flettu
plural þið fletjið (þið), fletjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
fletjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að fletjast
supine sagnbót flast
present participle
fletjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég flest flattist fletjist flettist
þú flest flattist fletjist flettist
hann, hún, það flest flattist fletjist flettist
plural við fletjumst flöttumst fletjumst flettumst
þið fletjist flöttust fletjist flettust
þeir, þær, þau fletjast flöttust fletjist flettust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú flest (þú), flestu
plural þið fletist (þið), fletisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
flattur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
flattur flatt flatt flattir flattar flatt
accusative
(þolfall)
flattan flatta flatt flatta flattar flatt
dative
(þágufall)
flattum flattri flattu flattum flattum flattum
genitive
(eignarfall)
flatts flattrar flatts flettra flettra flettra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
flatti flatta flatta flattu flattu flattu
accusative
(þolfall)
flatta flattu flatta flattu flattu flattu
dative
(þágufall)
flatta flattu flatta flattu flattu flattu
genitive
(eignarfall)
flatta flattu flatta flattu flattu flattu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flatjaną.

Verb

fletja (singular past indicative flatti, plural past indicative flǫttu, past participle flattr)

  1. to make flat
  2. (of a cod) to cut open
  3. (mediopassive) to extend

Conjugation

Conjugation of fletja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive fletja
present participle fletjandi
past participle flattr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular flet flatta fletja fletta
2nd person singular fletr flattir fletir flettir
3rd person singular fletr flatti fleti fletti
1st person plural fletjum flǫttum fletim flettim
2nd person plural fletið flǫttuð fletið flettið
3rd person plural fletja flǫttu fleti fletti
imperative present
2nd person singular flet
1st person plural fletjum
2nd person plural fletið
Conjugation of fletja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fletjask
present participle fletjandisk
past participle flazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fletjumk flǫttumk fletjumk flettumk
2nd person singular flezk flattisk fletisk flettisk
3rd person singular flezk flattisk fletisk flettisk
1st person plural fletjumsk flǫttumsk fletimsk flettimsk
2nd person plural fletizk flǫttuzk fletizk flettizk
3rd person plural fletjask flǫttusk fletisk flettisk
imperative present
2nd person singular flezk
1st person plural fletjumsk
2nd person plural fletizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fletja

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fletja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive