upprisa

See also: uppreisn

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare rísa upp (“to rise up, to stand up”).

Noun

upprisa f (genitive singular upprisu, nominative plural upprisur)

  1. a resurrection
  2. (often with a definite article, Christianity) the resurrection of Jesus Christ
  3. (often with a definite article, Christianity) A self-referential term for Jesus Christ
    • John 11:25
      Jesús mælti: „Ég er upprisan og lífið. Sá sem trúir á mig, mun lifa, þótt hann deyi. Og hver sem lifir og trúir á mig, mun aldrei að eilífu deyja. Trúir þú þessu?“
      Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

Declension

Declension of upprisa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative upprisa upprisan upprisur upprisurnar
accusative upprisu upprisuna upprisur upprisurnar
dative upprisu upprisunni upprisum upprisunum
genitive upprisu upprisunnar upprisa upprisanna

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “upprisa”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
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