negla

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛkla]
    Rhymes: -ɛkla

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

negla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative negldi, supine neglt)

  1. to nail [with accusative]
Conjugation
negla – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur negla
supine sagnbót neglt
present participle
neglandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég negli negldi negli negldi
þú neglir negldir neglir negldir
hann, hún, það neglir negldi negli negldi
plural við neglum negldum neglum negldum
þið neglið neglduð neglið neglduð
þeir, þær, þau negla negldu negli negldu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú negl (þú), negldu
plural þið neglið (þið), negliði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
neglast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að neglast
supine sagnbót neglst
present participle
neglandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég neglist negldist neglist negldist
þú neglist negldist neglist negldist
hann, hún, það neglist negldist neglist negldist
plural við neglumst negldumst neglumst negldumst
þið neglist negldust neglist negldust
þeir, þær, þau neglast negldust neglist negldust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú neglst (þú), neglstu
plural þið neglist (þið), neglisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
negldur — 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)
negldur negld neglt negldir negldar negld
accusative
(þolfall)
negldan neglda neglt neglda negldar negld
dative
(þágufall)
negldum negldri negldu negldum negldum negldum
genitive
(eignarfall)
neglds negldrar neglds negldra negldra negldra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
negldi neglda neglda negldu negldu negldu
accusative
(þolfall)
neglda negldu neglda negldu negldu negldu
dative
(þágufall)
neglda negldu neglda negldu negldu negldu
genitive
(eignarfall)
neglda negldu neglda negldu negldu negldu

Etymology 2

Noun

negla f (genitive singular neglu, nominative plural neglur)

  1. stopper, plug
Declension
Declension of negla (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative negla neglan neglur neglurnar
accusative neglu negluna neglur neglurnar
dative neglu neglunni neglum neglunum
genitive neglu neglunnar negla, neglna neglanna, neglnanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

negla (present tense neglar or negler, past tense negla or neglde, supine negla or neglt, past participle negla or negld, present participle neglande, imperative negl)

  1. alternative form of nagle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

negla (past participle negldr)

  1. to nail, to fasten or stud with nails

Conjugation

Conjugation of negla — active (weak class 1)
infinitive negla
present participle neglandi
past participle negldr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular negli neglda negla neglda
2nd person singular neglir negldir neglir negldir
3rd person singular neglir negldi negli negldi
1st person plural neglum negldum neglim negldim
2nd person plural neglið neglduð neglið negldið
3rd person plural negla negldu negli negldi
imperative present
2nd person singular negl, negli
1st person plural neglum
2nd person plural neglið
Conjugation of negla — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive neglask
present participle neglandisk
past participle neglzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular neglumk negldumk neglumk negldumk
2nd person singular neglisk negldisk neglisk negldisk
3rd person singular neglisk negldisk neglisk negldisk
1st person plural neglumsk negldumsk neglimsk negldimsk
2nd person plural neglizk neglduzk neglizk negldizk
3rd person plural neglask negldusk neglisk negldisk
imperative present
2nd person singular neglsk, neglisk
1st person plural neglumsk
2nd person plural neglizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: negla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nagle, nagla, negla, negle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nagle
  • Old Danish: næglæ

Further reading

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