gráta

See also: grata, gratà, and gråta

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse gráta, from Proto-Germanic *grētaną.

Verb

gráta (intransitive, third person singular past indicative græt, third person plural past indicative grótu, supine grátið)

1. to weep, to cry
2. to drizzle

Conjugation

Conjugation of gráta (irregular)
infinitive	gráta
supine	grátið
participle (a26)1	grátandi	grátin
	present	past
first singular	gráti	græt
second singular	grætur	grætst
third singular	grætur	græt
plural	gráta	grótu
	imperative
singular	grát!
plural	grátið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• grøta

Further reading

• "gráta" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gráta, from Proto-Germanic *grētaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrauːta/

  Rhymes: -auːta

Verb

gráta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative grét, third-person plural past indicative grétu, supine grátið)

1. (intransitive) to cry
2. to mourn (someone) [with accusative]

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (weep): tárast
• (cry): hrína

Derived terms

• hágráta (“to cry one's eyes out”)

Related terms

• grátur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grētaną.

Verb

gráta

1. to cry, mourn

   Synonym: kløkkva

Conjugation

Conjugation of gráta — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	gráta
present participle	grátandi
past participle	grátinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	græt	grét
2nd-person singular	grætr	grézt
3rd-person singular	grætr	grét
1st-person plural	grátum	grétum
2nd-person plural	grátið	grétuð
3rd-person plural	gráta	grétu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gráta	gréta
2nd-person singular	grátir	grétir
3rd-person singular	gráti	gréti
1st-person plural	grátim	grétim
2nd-person plural	grátið	grétið
3rd-person plural	gráti	gréti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	grát
1st-person plural	grátum
2nd-person plural	grátið

Conjugation of gráta — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	grátask
present participle	grátandisk
past participle	grátizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	grátumk	grétumk
2nd-person singular	græzk	grézk
3rd-person singular	græzk	grézk
1st-person plural	grátumsk	grétumsk
2nd-person plural	grátizk	grétuzk
3rd-person plural	grátask	grétusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	grátumk	grétumk
2nd-person singular	grátisk	grétisk
3rd-person singular	grátisk	grétisk
1st-person plural	grátimsk	grétimsk
2nd-person plural	grátizk	grétizk
3rd-person plural	grátisk	grétisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	grázk
1st-person plural	grátumsk
2nd-person plural	grátizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: gráta
• Faroese: gráta
• Norwegian: gråta
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: gråte
• Elfdalian: gråta
• Old Swedish: grāta
  • Swedish: gråta
• Old Danish: grǣtæ
  • Danish: græde
  • Scanian: grǽda
• Gutnish: grate