merkja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse merkja, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

Verb

merkja (third person singular past indicative merkti, supine merkt)

  1. to mean
    Hvat merkir tað?What does it mean?
  2. to notice
  3. to signify

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-11)
infinitive
supine merkt
present past
first singular merki merkti
second singular merkir merkti
third singular merkir merkti
plural merkja merktu
participle (a5)1 merkjandi merktur
imperative
singular merk!
plural merkið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

"merkja" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛr̥ca/
    Rhymes: -ɛr̥ca

Etymology 1

From Old Norse merkja, from Proto-Germanic *markijaną.

Verb

merkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative merkti, supine merkt)

  1. to mark, label
  2. to mean, signify
    Synonym: þýða
  3. to notice
    Synonym: taka eftir
Conjugation
merkja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur merkja
supine sagnbót merkt
present participle
merkjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég merki merkti merki merkti
þú merkir merktir merkir merktir
hann, hún, það merkir merkti merki merkti
plural við merkjum merktum merkjum merktum
þið merkið merktuð merkið merktuð
þeir, þær, þau merkja merktu merki merktu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú merk (þú), merktu
plural þið merkið (þið), merkiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
merkjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að merkjast
supine sagnbót merkst
present participle
merkjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég merkist merktist merkist merktist
þú merkist merktist merkist merktist
hann, hún, það merkist merktist merkist merktist
plural við merkjumst merktumst merkjumst merktumst
þið merkist merktust merkist merktust
þeir, þær, þau merkjast merktust merkist merktust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú merkst (þú), merkstu
plural þið merkist (þið), merkisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
merktur — 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)
merktur merkt merkt merktir merktar merkt
accusative
(þolfall)
merktan merkta merkt merkta merktar merkt
dative
(þágufall)
merktum merktri merktu merktum merktum merktum
genitive
(eignarfall)
merkts merktrar merkts merktra merktra merktra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
merkti merkta merkta merktu merktu merktu
accusative
(þolfall)
merkta merktu merkta merktu merktu merktu
dative
(þágufall)
merkta merktu merkta merktu merktu merktu
genitive
(eignarfall)
merkta merktu merkta merktu merktu merktu
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

merkja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of merki