slefa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstlɛːva/
    Rhymes: -ɛːva

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

slefa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slefaði, supine slefað)

  1. to drool
    Ég slefa ekki.
    I don't drool.
Conjugation
slefa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að slefa
supine sagnbót slefað
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 slefandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég slefa slefaði slefi slefaði
þú slefar slefaðir slefir slefaðir
hann, hún, það slefar slefaði slefi slefaði
plural við slefum slefuðum slefum slefuðum
þið slefið slefuðuð slefið slefuðuð
þeir, þær, þau slefa slefuðu slefi slefuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú slefa (þú), slefaðu
plural þið slefið (þið), slefiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

slefa f (genitive singular slefu, no plural)

  1. drool
Declension
Declension of slefa (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative slefa slefan
accusative slefu slefuna
dative slefu slefunni
genitive slefu slefunnar

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

slefa f (genitive slefu)

  1. slaver (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension of slefa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slefa slefan slefur slefurnar
accusative slefu slefuna slefur slefurnar
dative slefu slefunni slefum slefunum
genitive slefu slefunnar slefna slefnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: slefa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sleva, sleve

Further reading

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