fletta

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fletta.

Verb

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

  1. to flay
  2. to slaughter

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fletta (group v-9)
infinitive fletta
supine flett
participle (a5)1 flettandi flettur
present past
first singular fletti fletti
second singular flettir fletti
third singular flettir fletti
plural fletta flettu
imperative
singular flett!
plural flettið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fletta, ultimately from the source of Proto-Germanic *splītaną (to split).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1000”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1000

Italian

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Verb

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fletta

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