síggja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse séa, sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (to see), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see, notice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʊt͡ʃːa/

Verb

síggja (takes accusative object, third person singular past indicative , third person plural past indicative sóu, supine sæð, sætt)

  1. to see

Conjugation

Conjugation of (irregular)
infinitive
supine sæð, sætt
present past
first singular síggi
second singular sært sást
third singular sær
plural síggja sóu
participle (a18)1 síggjandi sæddur
imperative
singular /síggj!
plural síggið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

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