klyva

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse klífa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²klyːʋɑ/

Verb

klyva (present tense klyv, past tense klauv, supine klove, past participle kloven, present participle klyvande, imperative klyv)

  1. to climb

Synonyms

Further reading

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną.

Verb

klȳva

  1. to split

Conjugation

Conjugation of klȳva (strong)
present past
infinitive klȳva —
participle klȳvandi, klȳvande kluvin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk klȳver klȳvi, klȳve — klø̄f kluvi, kluve
þū klȳver klȳvi, klȳve klȳf klø̄ft kluvi, kluve
han klȳver klȳvi, klȳve — klø̄f kluvi, kluve
vīr klȳvum, klȳvom klȳvum, klȳvom klȳvum, klȳvom kluvum, kluvom kluvum, kluvom
īr klȳvin klȳvin klȳvin kluvin kluvin
þēr klȳva klȳvin — kluvu, kluvo kluvin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk klȳfs klȳvis, klȳves — klø̄fs kluvis, kluves
þū klȳfs klȳvis, klȳves — klø̄fts kluvis, kluves
han klȳfs klȳvis, klȳves — klø̄fs kluvis, kluves
vīr klȳvums, -oms klȳvums, klȳvoms — kluvums, kluvoms kluvums, kluvoms
īr klȳvins klȳvins — kluvins kluvins
þēr klȳvas klȳvins — kluvus, kluvos kluvins

Descendants

  • Swedish: klyva

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish klȳva, from Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-.

Verb

klyva (present klyver, preterite klöv, supine kluvit or klyvt, imperative klyv)

  1. to split, to cleave
    klyva stockar
    split logs

Conjugation

Conjugation of klyva (class 2 strong)
active passive
infinitive klyva klyvas
supine kluvit kluvits
imperative klyv —
imper. plural1 klyven —
present past present past
indicative klyver klöv klyvs, klyves klövs
ind. plural1 klyva klövo klyvas klövos
subjunctive2 klyve klöve klyves klöves
present participle klyvande
past participle kluven

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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