kyngja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈcʰiɲca/
Rhymes: -iɲca

Verb

kyngja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kyngdi, supine kyngt)

to swallow [with dative ‘something’]
(impersonal) to snow heavily
(impersonal) to cause to come in droves [with dative ‘snow’] (idiomatically translated as "come in droves" with the dative object as the subject)

Conjugation

*kyngja* – active voice (*germynd*)
		present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur		að kyngja
supine sagnbót		kyngt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kyngjandi

		indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	kyngi	kyngdi	kyngi	kyngdi
	þú	kyngir	kyngdir	kyngir	kyngdir
	hann, hún, það	kyngir	kyngdi	kyngi	kyngdi
plural	við	kyngjum	kyngdum	kyngjum	kyngdum
	þið	kyngið	kyngduð	kyngið	kyngduð
	þeir, þær, þau	kyngja	kyngdu	kyngi	kyngdu

		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	kyng (þú), kyngdu
plural	þið	kyngið (þið), kyngiði¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

*kyngjast* – mediopassive voice (*miðmynd*)
		present nútíð	past þátíð	present nútíð	past þátíð
infinitive nafnháttur		að kyngjast
supine sagnbót		kyngst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kyngjandist (rare; see appendix)

		indicative framsöguháttur		subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
singular	ég	kyngist	kyngdist	kyngist	kyngdist
	þú	kyngist	kyngdist	kyngist	kyngdist
	hann, hún, það	kyngist	kyngdist	kyngist	kyngdist
plural	við	kyngjumst	kyngdumst	kyngjumst	kyngdumst
	þið	kyngist	kyngdust	kyngist	kyngdust
	þeir, þær, þau	kyngjast	kyngdust	kyngist	kyngdust

		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	kyngst (þú), kyngstu
plural	þið	kyngist (þið), kyngisti¹

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²çʏŋjɑ/

Verb

kyngja (present tense kyngjer, past tense kyngde, past participle kyngt, present participle kyngjande, imperative kyng)

to toll, chime ring a bell
- 1943, Tor Jonsson, Ordet:
  Kva hjelp det å syngje som elv i det aude? Kva hjelp det å kyngje med klokker for daude?
  What use is singing like a river in the wilderness? What use is tolling with bells for the dead?

References

“kyngja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.