kirna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kirna, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (churn), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪtna/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtna
  • Homophone: kirnað

Verb

kirna (third person singular past indicative kirnaði, third person plural past indicative kirnaðu, supine kirnað)

  1. (transitive) churn
  2. (reflexive) masturbate

Declension

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine kirnað
present past
first singular kirni kirnaði
second singular kirnar kirnaði
third singular kirnar kirnaði
plural kirna kirnaðu
participle (a6)1 kirnandi kirnaður
imperative
singular kirna!
plural kirnið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Noun

kirna f (genitive singular kirnu, plural kirnur)

  1. churn

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kirna kirnan kirnur kirnurnar
accusative kirnu kirnuna kirnur kirnurnar
dative kirnu kirnuni kirnum kirnunum
genitive kirnu kirnunnar kirna kirnanna

Javanese

Numeral

kirna

  1. trillion (1012)