gelta
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *galtjan (“to bay, bark”), from *gelt, dental extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”). See also Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to yell, shout”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gelta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gelti, supine gelt)
- to bark
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive nafnháttur | að gelta | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine sagnbót | gelt | |||||
present participle |
geltandi | |||||
indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
present |
past |
present |
past | |||
singular | ég | gelti | gelti | gelti | gelti | |
þú | geltir | geltir | geltir | geltir | ||
hann, hún, það | geltir | gelti | gelti | gelti | ||
plural | við | geltum | geltum | geltum | geltum | |
þið | geltið | geltuð | geltið | geltuð | ||
þeir, þær, þau | gelta | geltu | gelti | geltu | ||
imperative boðháttur | ||||||
singular | þú | gelt (þú), geltu | ||||
plural | þið | geltið (þið), geltiði1 |
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
infinitive nafnháttur | að geltast | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine sagnbót | gelst | |||||
present participle |
geltandist (rare; see appendix) | |||||
indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
present |
past |
present |
past | |||
singular | ég | geltist | geltist | geltist | geltist | |
þú | geltist | geltist | geltist | geltist | ||
hann, hún, það | geltist | geltist | geltist | geltist | ||
plural | við | geltumst | geltumst | geltumst | geltumst | |
þið | geltist | geltust | geltist | geltust | ||
þeir, þær, þau | geltast | geltust | geltist | geltust | ||
imperative boðháttur | ||||||
singular | þú | gelst (þú), gelstu | ||||
plural | þið | geltist (þið), geltisti1 |
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “428”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 428