gleypa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gleypa, from Proto-Germanic *glaupijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleiːpa/
• Rhymes: -eiːpa

Verb

gleypa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gleypti, supine gleypt)

1. to gulp, to swallow [with accusative]

   Synonym: renna niður

2. to absorb [with accusative]

Conjugation

gleypa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að gleypa
supine sagnbót		gleypt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		gleypandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	gleypi	gleypti		gleypi	gleypti
	þú	gleypir	gleyptir		gleypir	gleyptir
	hann, hún, það	gleypir	gleypti		gleypi	gleypti
plural	við	gleypum	gleyptum		gleypum	gleyptum
	þið	gleypið	gleyptuð		gleypið	gleyptuð
	þeir, þær, þau	gleypa	gleyptu		gleypi	gleyptu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	gleyp (þú), gleyptu
plural	þið	gleypið (þið), gleypiði1

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

gleypast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að gleypast
supine sagnbót		gleypst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		gleypandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	gleypist	gleyptist		gleypist	gleyptist
	þú	gleypist	gleyptist		gleypist	gleyptist
	hann, hún, það	gleypist	gleyptist		gleypist	gleyptist
plural	við	gleypumst	gleyptumst		gleypumst	gleyptumst
	þið	gleypist	gleyptust		gleypist	gleyptust
	þeir, þær, þau	gleypast	gleyptust		gleypist	gleyptust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	gleypst (þú), gleypstu
plural	þið	gleypist (þið), gleypisti1

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

gleyptur — 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)	gleyptur	gleypt	gleypt	gleyptir	gleyptar	gleypt
accusative (þolfall)	gleyptan	gleypta	gleypt	gleypta	gleyptar	gleypt
dative (þágufall)	gleyptum	gleyptri	gleyptu	gleyptum	gleyptum	gleyptum
genitive (eignarfall)	gleypts	gleyptrar	gleypts	gleyptra	gleyptra	gleyptra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	gleypti	gleypta	gleypta	gleyptu	gleyptu	gleyptu
accusative (þolfall)	gleypta	gleyptu	gleypta	gleyptu	gleyptu	gleyptu
dative (þágufall)	gleypta	gleyptu	gleypta	gleyptu	gleyptu	gleyptu
genitive (eignarfall)	gleypta	gleyptu	gleypta	gleyptu	gleyptu	gleyptu

Derived terms

• gleypa við (“to swallow whole”)

Related terms

• gleypur (“absorbent, porous”)
• gljúpur (“porous, permeable; sodden”)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gleupan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181