hrökkva

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrøkkva, from Proto-Germanic *hrinkwaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈr̥œhkva/
    Rhymes: -œhkva

Verb

hrökkva (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hrökk, third-person plural past indicative hrukku, supine hrokkið)

  1. (intransitive) to start, to jump (have a sudden reaction when startled)
  2. (intransitive) to recoil, to suddenly retreat
  3. (intransitive) to move suddenly

Conjugation

hrökkva – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur hrökkva
supine sagnbót hrokkið
present participle
hrökkvandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég hrekk hrökk hrökkvi hrykki
þú hrekkur hrökkst hrökkvir hrykkir
hann, hún, það hrekkur hrökk hrökkvi hrykki
plural við hrökkvum hrukkum hrökkvum hrykkjum
þið hrökkvið hrukkuð hrökkvið hrykkjuð
þeir, þær, þau hrökkva hrukku hrökkvi hrykkju
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hrökk (þú), hrökktu
plural þið hrökkvið (þið), hrökkviði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hrokkinn — 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)
hrokkinn hrokkin hrokkið hrokknir hrokknar hrokkin
accusative
(þolfall)
hrokkinn hrokkna hrokkið hrokkna hrokknar hrokkin
dative
(þágufall)
hrokknum hrokkinni hrokknu hrokknum hrokknum hrokknum
genitive
(eignarfall)
hrokkins hrokkinnar hrokkins hrokkinna hrokkinna hrokkinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
hrokkni hrokkna hrokkna hrokknu hrokknu hrokknu
accusative
(þolfall)
hrokkna hrokknu hrokkna hrokknu hrokknu hrokknu
dative
(þágufall)
hrokkna hrokknu hrokkna hrokknu hrokknu hrokknu
genitive
(eignarfall)
hrokkna hrokknu hrokkna hrokknu hrokknu hrokknu

Derived terms

  • hrökkva eða stökkva