klekkja
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰlɛhca/
- Rhymes: -ɛhca
Verb
klekkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative klekkti, supine klekkt)
- to get one's own back, to get back at [with á (+ dative) ‘someone’]
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að klekkja | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | klekkt | |||||
| present participle |
klekkjandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | klekki | klekkti | klekki | klekkti | |
| þú | klekkir | klekktir | klekkir | klekktir | ||
| hann, hún, það | klekkir | klekkti | klekki | klekkti | ||
| plural | við | klekkjum | klekktum | klekkjum | klekktum | |
| þið | klekkið | klekktuð | klekkið | klekktuð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | klekkja | klekktu | klekki | klekktu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | klekk (þú), klekktu | ||||
| plural | þið | klekkið (þið), klekkiði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²klɛç.çə/
Verb
klekkja (present tense klekkjer, past tense klekte, past participle klekt, passive infinitive klekkjast, present participle klekkjande, imperative klekk)
- to hatch
References
- “klekkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.