kemba

See also: ke-mbá

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃʰɛmpa]

  Rhymes: -ɛmpa

Verb

kemba (third person singular past indicative kembdi, third person plural past indicative kembt, supine kembt)

1. to comb

Conjugation

Conjugation of kemba (group v-1)

infinitive	kemba
supine	kembt
	present	past
first singular	kembi	kembdi
second singular	kembir	kembdi
third singular	kembir	kembdi
plural	kemba	kembdu
participle (a7)1	kembandi	kembdur
	imperative
singular	kemb!
plural	kembið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• greiða

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcʰɛmpa]

  Rhymes: -ɛmpa

Verb

kemba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kembdi, supine kembt)

1. to comb [with accusative]

   Synonym: greiða

   Stelpan kemdi síða hárið sitt.

   The girl combed her long hair.

2. (computer science) to debug; (to search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery) [with accusative]

   Synonym: aflúsa

Usage notes

• This term in the sense of combing is used less than greiða, which may be considered the most usual term for combing.

Conjugation

kemba – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að kemba
supine sagnbót		kembt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kembandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	kembi	kembdi		kembi	kembdi
	þú	kembir	kembdir		kembir	kembdir
	hann, hún, það	kembir	kembdi		kembi	kembdi
plural	við	kembum	kembdum		kembum	kembdum
	þið	kembið	kembduð		kembið	kembduð
	þeir, þær, þau	kemba	kembdu		kembi	kembdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	kemb (þú), kembdu
plural	þið	kembið (þið), kembiði1

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

kembast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að kembast
supine sagnbót		kembst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kembandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	kembist	kembdist		kembist	kembdist
	þú	kembist	kembdist		kembist	kembdist
	hann, hún, það	kembist	kembdist		kembist	kembdist
plural	við	kembumst	kembdumst		kembumst	kembdumst
	þið	kembist	kembdust		kembist	kembdust
	þeir, þær, þau	kembast	kembdust		kembist	kembdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	kembst (þú), kembstu
plural	þið	kembist (þið), kembisti1

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

kembdur — 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)	kembdur	kembd	kembt	kembdir	kembdar	kembd
accusative (þolfall)	kembdan	kembda	kembt	kembda	kembdar	kembd
dative (þágufall)	kembdum	kembdri	kembdu	kembdum	kembdum	kembdum
genitive (eignarfall)	kembds	kembdrar	kembds	kembdra	kembdra	kembdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kembdi	kembda	kembda	kembdu	kembdu	kembdu
accusative (þolfall)	kembda	kembdu	kembda	kembdu	kembdu	kembdu
dative (þágufall)	kembda	kembdu	kembda	kembdu	kembdu	kembdu
genitive (eignarfall)	kembda	kembdu	kembda	kembdu	kembdu	kembdu

Derived terms

• kemba hærurnar

Related terms

• kambur

See also

• hæra

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (itself from the Germanic root of kambr, Proto-Germanic *kambaz), whence also Old English cemban (English kemb), Old High German kemben, chempan (German kämmen).

Verb

kemba

1. to comb

Descendants

• Icelandic: kemba
• Faroese: kemba
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjemba, kjemma
• Old Swedish: kæmba
  • Swedish: kämma (replaced by kamma)
• Danish: kjæmme, kæmme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjemme

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kemba”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive