fletta

See also: flétta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fletta.

Verb

fletta (third person singular past indicative fletti, third person plural past indicative flettu, supine flett)

1. to flay
2. to slaughter

Conjugation

Conjugation of fletta (group v-9)

infinitive	fletta
supine	flett
	present	past
first singular	fletti	fletti
second singular	flettir	fletti
third singular	flettir	fletti
plural	fletta	flettu
participle (a5)1	flettandi	flettur
	imperative
singular	flett!
plural	flettið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fletta, ultimately from the source of Proto-Germanic *splītaną (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛhta/
• Rhymes: -ɛhta

Verb

fletta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fletti, supine flett)

1. to peel, strip, remove a (thin) outer layer
2. to turn (a page)

Conjugation

fletta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fletta
supine sagnbót		flett
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		flettandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fletti	fletti		fletti	fletti
	þú	flettir	flettir		flettir	flettir
	hann, hún, það	flettir	fletti		fletti	fletti
plural	við	flettum	flettum		flettum	flettum
	þið	flettið	flettuð		flettið	flettuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fletta	flettu		fletti	flettu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	flett (þú), flettu
plural	þið	flettið (þið), flettiði1

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

flettast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að flettast
supine sagnbót		flest
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		flettandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	flettist	flettist		flettist	flettist
	þú	flettist	flettist		flettist	flettist
	hann, hún, það	flettist	flettist		flettist	flettist
plural	við	flettumst	flettumst		flettumst	flettumst
	þið	flettist	flettust		flettist	flettust
	þeir, þær, þau	flettast	flettust		flettist	flettust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	flest (þú), flestu
plural	þið	flettist (þið), flettisti1

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

flettur — 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)	flettur	flett	flett	flettir	flettar	flett
accusative (þolfall)	flettan	fletta	flett	fletta	flettar	flett
dative (þágufall)	flettum	flettri	flettu	flettum	flettum	flettum
genitive (eignarfall)	fletts	flettrar	fletts	flettra	flettra	flettra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fletti	fletta	fletta	flettu	flettu	flettu
accusative (þolfall)	fletta	flettu	fletta	flettu	flettu	flettu
dative (þágufall)	fletta	flettu	fletta	flettu	flettu	flettu
genitive (eignarfall)	fletta	flettu	fletta	flettu	flettu	flettu

Italian

Verb

fletta

1. inflection of flettere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative