knýja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse knýja, from Proto-Germanic *knūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gnewH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰniːja/
    Rhymes: -iːja

Verb

knýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative knúði, supine knúið)

  1. to knock
    Synonym: berja
  2. to compel, to force
    Synonyms: þvinga, fá til
  3. to propel

Conjugation

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knýja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur knýja
supine sagnbót knúið
present participle
knýjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég kný knúði knýi knýði
þú knýrð knúðir knýir knýðir
hann, hún, það knýr knúði knýi knýði
plural við knýjum knúðum knýjum knýðum
þið knýið knúðuð knýið knýðuð
þeir, þær, þau knýja knúðu knýi knýðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kný (þú), knýðu
plural þið knýið (þið), knýiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
knýjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að knýjast
supine sagnbót knúist
present participle
knýjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég knýst knúðist knýist knýðist
þú knýst knúðist knýist knýðist
hann, hún, það knýst knúðist knýist knýðist
plural við knýjumst knúðumst knýjumst knýðumst
þið knýist knúðust knýist knýðust
þeir, þær, þau knýjast knúðust knýist knýðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú knýst (þú), knýstu
plural þið knýist (þið), knýisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
knúinn — 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)
knúinn knúin knúið knúnir knúnar knúin
accusative
(þolfall)
knúinn knúna knúið knúna knúnar knúin
dative
(þágufall)
knúnum knúinni knúnu knúnum knúnum knúnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
knúins knúinnar knúins knúinna knúinna knúinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
knúni knúna knúna knúnu knúnu knúnu
accusative
(þolfall)
knúna knúnu knúna knúnu knúnu knúnu
dative
(þágufall)
knúna knúnu knúna knúnu knúnu knúnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
knúna knúnu knúna knúnu knúnu knúnu

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • knía

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knūjaną.

Verb

knýja (singular past indicative knúði, plural past indicative knúðu, past participle knúiðr or knúinn)

  1. to press
  2. (mediopassive) to struggle

Conjugation

Conjugation of knýja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive knýja
present participle knýjandi
past participle knúðr, knúiðr, knúinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kný knúða knýja knýða
2nd person singular knýr knúðir knýir knýðir
3rd person singular knýr knúði knýi knýði
1st person plural knýjum knúðum knýim knýðim
2nd person plural knýið knúðuð knýið knýðið
3rd person plural knýja knúðu knýi knýði
imperative present
2nd person singular kný
1st person plural knýjum
2nd person plural knýið
Conjugation of knýja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive knýja
present participle knýjandi
past participle knýðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kný knýða knýja knýða
2nd person singular knýr knýðir knýir knýðir
3rd person singular knýr knýði knýi knýði
1st person plural knýjum knýðum knýim knýðim
2nd person plural knýið knýðuð knýið knýðið
3rd person plural knýja knýðu knýi knýði
imperative present
2nd person singular kný
1st person plural knýjum
2nd person plural knýið
Conjugation of knýja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive knýja
present participle knýjandi
past participle kníðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kný kníða knýja kníða
2nd person singular knýr kníðir knýir kníðir
3rd person singular knýr kníði knýi kníði
1st person plural knýjum kníðum knýim kníðim
2nd person plural knýið kníðuð knýið kníðið
3rd person plural knýja kníðu knýi kníði
imperative present
2nd person singular kný
1st person plural knýjum
2nd person plural knýið

Descendants

  • Icelandic: knýja
  • Faroese: knýggja

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “knýja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 244; also available at the Internet Archive