hlæja
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hlæja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hló, third-person plural past indicative hlógu, supine hlegið)
- (intransitive) to laugh
- Að hlæja dátt.
- To laugh heartily.
Conjugation
[edit]hlæja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að hlæja | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
hlegið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
hlæjandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég hlæ | við hlæjum | present (nútíð) |
ég hlæi | við hlæjum |
þú hlærð | þið hlæið | þú hlæir | þið hlæið | ||
hann, hún, það hlær | þeir, þær, þau hlæja | hann, hún, það hlæi | þeir, þær, þau hlæi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég hló | við hlógum | past (þátíð) |
ég hlægi | við hlægjum |
þú hlóst | þið hlóguð | þú hlægir | þið hlægjuð | ||
hann, hún, það hló | þeir, þær, þau hlógu | hann, hún, það hlægi | þeir, þær, þau hlægju | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
hlæ (þú) | hlæið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
hlæðu | hlæiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- hlæja að
- hlæja hátt (“to laugh loud”)
- hlæja hugur við (“to gladden one's heart”)
- skellihlæja
- The tidings, that gladdened their hearts.
- Þau tíðindi, er þeim hló hugur við.
Related terms
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, whence also Old English hliehhan ( > English laugh), Old Saxon hlahhian, Old Frisian hlaka, Old High German hlahhan, lahhen ( > German lachen), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan).
Verb
[edit]hlæja (singular past indicative hló, plural past indicative hlógu, past participle hleginn)
- to laugh
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of hlæja — active (strong class 6)
infinitive | hlæja | |
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present participle | hlæjandi | |
past participle | hleginn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | hlæ | hló |
2nd-person singular | hlær | hlótt |
3rd-person singular | hlær | hló |
1st-person plural | hlæjum | hlógum |
2nd-person plural | hlæið | hlóguð |
3rd-person plural | hlæja | hlógu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | hlæja | hlǿga |
2nd-person singular | hlæir | hlǿgir |
3rd-person singular | hlæi | hlǿgi |
1st-person plural | hlæim | hlǿgim |
2nd-person plural | hlæið | hlǿgið |
3rd-person plural | hlæi | hlǿgi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | hlæ | |
1st-person plural | hlæjum | |
2nd-person plural | hlæið |
Conjugation of hlæja — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive | hlæjask | |
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present participle | hlæjandisk | |
past participle | hlegizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | hlæjumk | hlógumk |
2nd-person singular | hlæsk | hlózk |
3rd-person singular | hlæsk | hlósk |
1st-person plural | hlæjumsk | hlógumsk |
2nd-person plural | hlæizk | hlóguzk |
3rd-person plural | hlæjask | hlógusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | hlæjumk | hlǿgumk |
2nd-person singular | hlæisk | hlǿgisk |
3rd-person singular | hlæisk | hlǿgisk |
1st-person plural | hlæimsk | hlǿgimsk |
2nd-person plural | hlæizk | hlǿgizk |
3rd-person plural | hlæisk | hlǿgisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | hlæsk | |
1st-person plural | hlæjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | hlæizk |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: hlæja
- Faroese: læa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: læja, læ, le
- Elfdalian: läa
- Old Swedish: lēia, lea, lēa
- Swedish: le
- Old Danish: lē
References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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