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fiska

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. By surface analysis, fisk +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
    Hvussu nógvar fiskar hevur tú fiskað?
    How many fish did you fish?
  2. to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales) [with upp]
  3. to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy) [with eftir]

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fiska (group v-30)
infinitive fiska
supine fiskað
present past
first singular fiski fiskaði
second singular fiskar fiskaði
third singular fiskar fiskaði
plural fiska fiskaðu
participle (a6)1 fiskandi fiskaður
imperative
singular fiska!
plural fiskið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fiska (to fish), from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk +‎ -a.

Verb

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fiska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fiskaði, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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fiska

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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fiska

  1. inflection of fiske:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Old Norse

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Noun

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fiska

  1. accusative/genitive plural of fiskr

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fiska (present fiskar, preterite fiskade, supine fiskat, imperative fiska)

  1. to fish

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fiska (weak)
active passive
infinitive fiska fiskas
supine fiskat fiskats
imperative fiska
imper. plural1 fisken
present past present past
indicative fiskar fiskade fiskas fiskades
ind. plural1 fiska fiskade fiskas fiskades
subjunctive2 fiske fiskade fiskes fiskades
present participle fiskande
past participle fiskad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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See also

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Anagrams

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