fnæsa
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fnœsa (“to sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *fnōsijaną (“to snort, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe, pant”). Related to Old Norse fnasa, Old English fnēosan (“to sneeze”). More at English sneeze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfnaiːsa]
- Rhymes: -aiːsa
Verb
fnæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fnæsti, supine fnæst)
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að fnæsa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | fnæst | |||||
| present participle |
fnæsandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | fnæsi | fnæsti | fnæsi | fnæsti | |
| þú | fnæsir | fnæstir | fnæsir | fnæstir | ||
| hann, hún, það | fnæsir | fnæsti | fnæsi | fnæsti | ||
| plural | við | fnæsum | fnæstum | fnæsum | fnæstum | |
| þið | fnæsið | fnæstuð | fnæsið | fnæstuð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | fnæsa | fnæstu | fnæsi | fnæstu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | fnæs (þú), fnæstu | ||||
| plural | þið | fnæsið (þið), fnæsiði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.