tørva

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þurfa, from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰœɹva/
  • Rhymes: -œɹva
  • Homophone: tørvað

Verb

tørva (third person singular past indicative tørvaði, third person plural past indicative tørvaðu, supine tørvað)

  1. to need

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine tørvað
present past
first singular tørvi tørvaði
second singular tørvar tørvaði
third singular tørvar tørvaði
plural tørva tørvaðu
participle (a6)1 tørvandi tørvaður
imperative
singular tørva!
plural tørvið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

  • tørvur (“necessity, demand, need”)

Further reading

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