drífa

See also: Drífa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtriːva/

  Rhymes: -iːva

Etymology 1

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Faroese dríva, Danish and Norwegian drive, Swedish driva, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

Verb

drífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dreif, third-person plural past indicative drifu, supine drifið)

1. to drive

Conjugation

drífa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að drífa
supine sagnbót		drifið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		drífandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	dríf	dreif		drífi	drifi
	þú	drífur	dreifst		drífir	drifir
	hann, hún, það	drífur	dreif		drífi	drifi
plural	við	drífum	drifum		drífum	drifum
	þið	drífið	drifuð		drífið	drifuð
	þeir, þær, þau	drífa	drifu		drífi	drifu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	dríf (þú), drífðu
plural	þið	drífið (þið), drífiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

drifinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	drifinn	drifin	drifið	drifnir	drifnar	drifin
accusative (þolfall)	drifinn	drifna	drifið	drifna	drifnar	drifin
dative (þágufall)	drifnum	drifinni	drifnu	drifnum	drifnum	drifnum
genitive (eignarfall)	drifins	drifinnar	drifins	drifinna	drifinna	drifinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	drifni	drifna	drifna	drifnu	drifnu	drifnu
accusative (þolfall)	drifna	drifnu	drifna	drifnu	drifnu	drifnu
dative (þágufall)	drifna	drifnu	drifna	drifnu	drifnu	drifnu
genitive (eignarfall)	drifna	drifnu	drifna	drifnu	drifnu	drifnu

Etymology 2

Noun

drífa f (genitive singular drífu, nominative plural drífur)

1. drift, snowdrift, heavy snowfall

   Synonym: drift

Declension

Declension of drífa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drífa	drífan	drífur	drífurnar
accusative	drífu	drífuna	drífur	drífurnar
dative	drífu	drífunni	drífum	drífunum
genitive	drífu	drífunnar	drífa	drífanna