vǫkva

See also: vökva

Old Norse

Etymology

From vǫkr (wet, moist) +‎ -a (ōn-stem suffix), or directly inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakwǭ.

Noun

vǫkva f (genitive vǫku)

  1. moisture, humidity

Declension

Declension of vǫkva (weak wōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vǫkva vǫkvan vǫkur vǫkurnar
accusative vǫku vǫkuna vǫkur vǫkurnar
dative vǫku vǫkunni vǫkum vǫkunum
genitive vǫku vǫkunnar vǫkna vǫknanna

Derived terms

  • vǫkusamr (moist)
  • vǫkuskortr m (want of moisture)

See also

Verb

vǫkva

  1. to moisten, water

Conjugation

Conjugation of vǫkva — active (weak class 2)
infinitive vǫkva
present participle vǫkvandi
past participle vǫkvaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular vǫkva vǫkvaða vǫkva vǫkvaða
2nd person singular vǫkvar vǫkvaðir vǫkvir vǫkvaðir
3rd person singular vǫkvar vǫkvaði vǫkvi vǫkvaði
1st person plural vǫkum vǫkuðum vǫkvim vǫkvaðim
2nd person plural vǫkvið vǫkuðuð vǫkvið vǫkvaðið
3rd person plural vǫkva vǫkuðu vǫkvi vǫkvaði
imperative present
2nd person singular vǫkva
1st person plural vǫkum
2nd person plural vǫkvið
Conjugation of vǫkva — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive vǫkvask
present participle vǫkvandisk
past participle vǫkvazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular vǫkumk vǫkuðumk vǫkumk vǫkuðumk
2nd person singular vǫkvask vǫkvaðisk vǫkvisk vǫkvaðisk
3rd person singular vǫkvask vǫkvaðisk vǫkvisk vǫkvaðisk
1st person plural vǫkumsk vǫkuðumsk vǫkvimsk vǫkvaðimsk
2nd person plural vǫkvizk vǫkuðuzk vǫkvizk vǫkvaðizk
3rd person plural vǫkvask vǫkuðusk vǫkvisk vǫkvaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular vǫkvask
1st person plural vǫkumsk
2nd person plural vǫkvizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vökva

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vökva”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 503; also available at the Internet Archive