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gelta

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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gelta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gelti, supine gelt)

  1. to bark

Conjugation

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gelta – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur 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.
geltast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “428”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 428