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biðjast

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From biðja (to pray; to ask) +‎ -st.

Verb

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biðjast

  1. ask [with genitive]
  2. pray [with genitive]
  3. request [with genitive]

Conjugation

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biðjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)
biðjast
supine
(sagnbót)
beðist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)
biðjandist2
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
indicative
(framsöguháttur)
present
(nútíð)
biðst biðjumst biðst biðjist biðst biðjast
past
(þátíð)
baðst báðumst baðst báðust baðst báðust
subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)
biðjist biðjumst biðjist biðjist biðjist biðjist
past
(þátíð)
bæðist bæðumst bæðist bæðust bæðist bæðust
imperative
(boðháttur)
biðst biðjist
Forms with appended personal pronoun
biðstu biðjisti1

1) Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
2) the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses

Derived terms

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