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lykja

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse lykja.

Verb

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lykja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lukti, supine lukið)

  1. to shut, to close
    Synonym: loka
Conjugation
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lykja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur lykja
supine sagnbót lukið
present participle
lykjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég lyk lukti lyki lykti
þú lykur luktir lykir lyktir
hann, hún, það lykur lukti lyki lykti
plural við lykjum luktum lykjum lyktum
þið lykið luktuð lykið lyktuð
þeir, þær, þau lykja luktu lyki lyktu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú lyk (þú), lyktu
plural þið lykið (þið), lykiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lykjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur lykjast
supine sagnbót lukist
present participle
lykjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég lykst luktist lykjist lyktist
þú lykst luktist lykjist lyktist
hann, hún, það lykst luktist lykjist lyktist
plural við lykjumst luktumst lykjumst lyktumst
þið lykjist luktust lykjist lyktust
þeir, þær, þau lykjast luktust lykjist lyktust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú lykst (þú), lykstu
plural þið lykist (þið), lykisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lukinn — 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)
lukinn lukin lukið luktir luktar lukin
accusative
(þolfall)
lukinn lukta lukið lukta luktar lukin
dative
(þágufall)
luktum lukinni luktu luktum luktum luktum
genitive
(eignarfall)
lukins lukinnar lukins lukinna lukinna lukinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
lukti lukta lukta luktu luktu luktu
accusative
(þolfall)
lukta luktu lukta luktu luktu luktu
dative
(þágufall)
lukta luktu lukta luktu luktu luktu
genitive
(eignarfall)
lukta luktu lukta luktu luktu luktu

Etymology 2

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Noun

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lykja f (genitive singular lykju, nominative plural lykjur)

  1. ampoule
    Synonyms: ampúla, lyfjabiða
Declension
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Declension of lykja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lykja lykjan lykjur lykjurnar
accusative lykju lykjuna lykjur lykjurnar
dative lykju lykjunni lykjum lykjunum
genitive lykju lykjunnar lykja, lykna lykjanna, lyknanna

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lukjaną (to close, shut) (see the related *lūkaną), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (to bend, fold, turn). Doublet of lúka.

Verb

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lykja (singular past indicative lukti, plural past indicative luktu, past participle luktr)

  1. to shut, to close

Conjugation

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Conjugation of lykja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive lykja
present participle lykjandi
past participle luktr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lyk lukta lykja lykta
2nd person singular lykr luktir lykir lyktir
3rd person singular lykr lukti lyki lykti
1st person plural lykjum luktum lykim lyktim
2nd person plural lykið luktuð lykið lyktið
3rd person plural lykja luktu lyki lykti
imperative present
2nd person singular lyk
1st person plural lykjum
2nd person plural lykið
Conjugation of lykja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive lykjask
present participle lykjandisk
past participle lykzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lykjumk luktumk lykjumk lyktumk
2nd person singular lyksk luktisk lykisk lyktisk
3rd person singular lyksk luktisk lykisk lyktisk
1st person plural lykjumsk luktumsk lykimsk lyktimsk
2nd person plural lykizk luktuzk lykizk lyktizk
3rd person plural lykjask luktusk lykisk lyktisk
imperative present
2nd person singular lyksk
1st person plural lykjumsk
2nd person plural lykizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lykja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lykkja
  • Old Swedish: lykkia
  • Danish: lukke
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lukke
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: lukka

Further reading

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