gista

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gista (to stay the night).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʒɪsta]

Verb

gista (third person singular past indicative gisti, supine gist)

  1. to lodge

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-7)
infinitive
supine gist
present past
first singular gisti gisti
second singular gistir gisti
third singular gistir gisti
plural gista gistu
participle (a5)1 gistandi gistur
imperative
singular gist!
plural gistið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

"gista" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gista (to stay the night).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɪsta/
    Rhymes: -ɪsta

Verb

gista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gisti, supine gist)

  1. to stay the night, sleep over
    Viltu gista?
    Do you want to stay the night?
    Má ég gista hjá Einari?
    May I sleep over with Einar?
    Má ég gista heima hjá Einari?
    May I stay at Einar's place?

Usage notes

  • When referring to the person one is sleeping over with the conjunction hjá is used.

Conjugation

gista – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur gista
supine sagnbót gist
present participle
gistandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég gisti gisti gisti gisti
þú gistir gistir gistir gistir
hann, hún, það gistir gisti gisti gisti
plural við gistum gistum gistum gistum
þið gistið gistuð gistið gistuð
þeir, þær, þau gista gistu gisti gistu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú gist (þú), gistu
plural þið gistið (þið), gistiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gistijaną (to stay the night), from a derivative (probably an e-grade) of *gastiz (guest) + *-janą.[1]

Verb

gista

  1. (transitive) to visit, stay the night
    ef maðr gistir mann
    if a man stay’s the night at a man(’s place)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gista — active (weak class 1)
infinitive gista
present participle gistandi
past participle gistr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gisti gista gista gista
2nd person singular gistir gistir gistir gistir
3rd person singular gistir gisti gisti gisti
1st person plural gistum gistum gistim gistim
2nd person plural gistið gistuð gistið gistið
3rd person plural gista gistu gisti gisti
imperative present
2nd person singular gist, gisti
1st person plural gistum
2nd person plural gistið
Conjugation of gista — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive gistask
present participle gistandisk
past participle gistzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular gistumk gistumk gistumk gistumk
2nd person singular gistisk gistisk gistisk gistisk
3rd person singular gistisk gistisk gistisk gistisk
1st person plural gistumsk gistumsk gistimsk gistimsk
2nd person plural gistizk gistuzk gistizk gistizk
3rd person plural gistask gistusk gistisk gistisk
imperative present
2nd person singular gistsk, gistisk
1st person plural gistumsk
2nd person plural gistizk

Derived terms

  • gisting (staying the night; night quarters)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gista
  • Faroese: gista

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gasti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 170:*gestjan-

Further reading

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