keppa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse keppa, from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛh.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhpa

Verb

keppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative keppti, supine keppt)

  1. (intransitive) to play
  2. (intransitive) to compete
    stúlkurnar keppa á laugardaginn
    the girls compete on Saturday

Conjugation

keppa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur keppa
supine sagnbót keppt
present participle
keppandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég keppi keppti keppi keppti
þú keppir kepptir keppir kepptir
hann, hún, það keppir keppti keppi keppti
plural við keppum kepptum keppum kepptum
þið keppið kepptuð keppið kepptuð
þeir, þær, þau keppa kepptu keppi kepptu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kepp (þú), kepptu
plural þið keppið (þið), keppiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
keppast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að keppast
supine sagnbót keppst
present participle
keppandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég keppist kepptist keppist kepptist
þú keppist kepptist keppist kepptist
hann, hún, það keppist kepptist keppist kepptist
plural við keppumst kepptumst keppumst kepptumst
þið keppist kepptust keppist kepptust
þeir, þær, þau keppast kepptust keppist kepptust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú keppst (þú), keppstu
plural þið keppist (þið), keppisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kepptur — 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)
kepptur keppt keppt kepptir kepptar keppt
accusative
(þolfall)
kepptan keppta keppt keppta kepptar keppt
dative
(þágufall)
kepptum kepptri kepptu kepptum kepptum kepptum
genitive
(eignarfall)
keppts kepptrar keppts kepptra kepptra kepptra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
keppti keppta keppta kepptu kepptu kepptu
accusative
(þolfall)
keppta kepptu keppta kepptu kepptu kepptu
dative
(þágufall)
keppta kepptu keppta kepptu kepptu kepptu
genitive
(eignarfall)
keppta kepptu keppta kepptu kepptu kepptu

Derived terms

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