þegja
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną. Cognate with Danish tie, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old High German dagēn, Latin taceō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]þegja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þagði, supine þagað)
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be silent, say nothing, hold one’s tongue
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- steinþegja
- vera þagað í hel (to be a conspiracy of silence about something)
- þegiðu!
- þegja eins og steinn
- þegja um (keep quiet about something)
- þegja yfir (keep quiet about something)
- þegja þunnu hljóði
See also
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.
Verb
[edit]þegja
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of þegja — active (weak class 3)
infinitive | þegja | |
---|---|---|
present participle | þegjandi | |
past participle | þagr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | þegi | þagða |
2nd-person singular | þegir | þagðir |
3rd-person singular | þegir | þagði |
1st-person plural | þegjum | þǫgðum |
2nd-person plural | þegið | þǫgðuð |
3rd-person plural | þegja | þǫgðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | þegja | þegða |
2nd-person singular | þegir | þegðir |
3rd-person singular | þegi | þegði |
1st-person plural | þegim | þegðim |
2nd-person plural | þegið | þegðið |
3rd-person plural | þegi | þegði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | þeg | |
1st-person plural | þegjum | |
2nd-person plural | þegið |
Conjugation of þegja — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive | þegjask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | þegjandisk | |
past participle | þagzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | þegjumk | þǫgðumk |
2nd-person singular | þegisk | þagðisk |
3rd-person singular | þegisk | þagðisk |
1st-person plural | þegjumsk | þǫgðumsk |
2nd-person plural | þegizk | þǫgðuzk |
3rd-person plural | þegjask | þǫgðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | þegjumk | þegðumk |
2nd-person singular | þegisk | þegðisk |
3rd-person singular | þegisk | þegðisk |
1st-person plural | þegimsk | þegðimsk |
2nd-person plural | þegizk | þegðizk |
3rd-person plural | þegisk | þegðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | þegsk | |
1st-person plural | þegjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | þegizk |
Derived terms
[edit]- þǫgull (“taciturn”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: þegja
- Faroese: tiga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tegja, teia; (dialectal) tea, tigja, tiga, teiga, tyjå
- Elfdalian: taja
- Old Swedish: þighia
- Swedish: tiga
- Old Danish: thighæ
- Gutnish: tige
References
[edit]- þegja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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