stynja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stynja, from Proto-Germanic *stunjaną.

Verb

stynja

  1. to moan

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-19-30)
infinitive
supine stunt/
stynjað
present past
first singular styni/
stynji
stundi/
stynjaði
second singular stynur/
stynjar
stundi/
stynjaði
third singular stynur/
stynjar
stundi/
stynjaði
plural stynja stundu/
stynjaðu
participle (a7/a6)1 stynjandi stundur/
stynjaður
imperative
singular styn/
stynja
!
plural stynið/
stynjið
!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stynja, from Proto-Germanic *stunjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɪnja/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnja

Verb

stynja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stundi, supine stunið)

  1. to moan, to groan, to sigh

Conjugation

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stynja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur stynja
supine sagnbót stunið
present participle
stynjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég styn stundi stynji styndi
þú stynur stundir stynjir styndir
hann, hún, það stynur stundi stynji styndi
plural við stynjum stundum stynjum styndum
þið stynjið stunduð stynjið stynduð
þeir, þær, þau stynja stundu stynji styndu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú styn (þú), styndu
plural þið stynjið (þið), stynjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
stuninn — 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)
stuninn stunin stunið stundir stundar stunin
accusative
(þolfall)
stuninn stunda stunið stunda stundar stunin
dative
(þágufall)
stundum stuninni stundu stundum stundum stundum
genitive
(eignarfall)
stunins stuninnar stunins stuninna stuninna stuninna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
stundi stunda stunda stundu stundu stundu
accusative
(þolfall)
stunda stundu stunda stundu stundu stundu
dative
(þágufall)
stunda stundu stunda stundu stundu stundu
genitive
(eignarfall)
stunda stundu stunda stundu stundu stundu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • stynje (e-infinitive)
  • stønna, stønne

Etymology

From Old Norse stynja.

Verb

stynja (present tense styn, past tense stunde, supine stunt, past participle stund, present participle stynjande, imperative styn)

  1. to groan
  2. to sigh
  3. to moan

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stunjaną, related to *stenaną.

Verb

stynja (singular past indicative stundi, plural past indicative stundu, past participle stundr)

  1. to sigh, groan
    • dvergar stynja · fyr steindurum
      dwarfs groan before gates of stone

Conjugation

Conjugation of stynja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive stynja
present participle stynjandi
past participle stundr, stuniðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular styn stunda stynja stynda
2nd person singular stynr stundir stynir styndir
3rd person singular stynr stundi styni styndi
1st person plural stynjum stundum stynim styndim
2nd person plural stynið stunduð stynið styndið
3rd person plural stynja stundu styni styndi
imperative present
2nd person singular styn
1st person plural stynjum
2nd person plural stynið

Descendants

  • Icelandic: stynja
  • Faroese: stynja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stynja, stynje
    • Scots: stin
      • Scots: stunyan
  • Old Swedish: stynia, stönia
  • Old Danish: styniæ
  • Middle English: *stinnen
    • English: stin (to groan) (Yorkshire)

Further reading

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