ræpa
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Attested since the 18th century. From Proto-Germanic *rēpijō. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ræpe (“dungheap, mire; gossip, rumor”), dialectal Swedish råpa (“pile of dung”).
Noun
[edit]ræpa f (genitive singular ræpu, nominative plural ræpur)
- diarrhea
- Synonym: niðurgangur
- yammering, logorrhea
- an uneven, narrow grassy area (to be mown)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ræpa | ræpan | ræpur | ræpurnar |
accusative | ræpu | ræpuna | ræpur | ræpurnar |
dative | ræpu | ræpunni | ræpum | ræpunum |
genitive | ræpu | ræpunnar | ræpna, ræpa | ræpnanna, ræpanna |
Etymology 2
[edit]Related to the noun ræpa. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ræpa (“to have diarrhea; to blather”).
Verb
[edit]ræpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ræpti, supine ræpt)
- to have diarrhea
- to mow little spots of grass here and there (the small, difficult and inabundant ones)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive nafnháttur | að ræpa | |||||
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supine sagnbót | ræpt | |||||
present participle |
ræpandi | |||||
indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
present |
past |
present |
past | |||
singular | ég | ræpi | ræpti | ræpi | ræpti | |
þú | ræpir | ræptir | ræpir | ræptir | ||
hann, hún, það | ræpir | ræpti | ræpi | ræpti | ||
plural | við | ræpum | ræptum | ræpum | ræptum | |
þið | ræpið | ræptuð | ræpið | ræptuð | ||
þeir, þær, þau | ræpa | ræptu | ræpi | ræptu | ||
imperative boðháttur | ||||||
singular | þú | ræp (þú), ræptu | ||||
plural | þið | ræpið (þið), ræpiði1 |
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
infinitive nafnháttur | að ræpast | |||||
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supine sagnbót | ræpst | |||||
present participle |
ræpandist (rare; see appendix) | |||||
indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
present |
past |
present |
past | |||
singular | ég | ræpist | ræptist | ræpist | ræptist | |
þú | ræpist | ræptist | ræpist | ræptist | ||
hann, hún, það | ræpist | ræptist | ræpist | ræptist | ||
plural | við | ræpumst | ræptumst | ræpumst | ræptumst | |
þið | ræpist | ræptust | ræpist | ræptust | ||
þeir, þær, þau | ræpast | ræptust | ræpist | ræptust | ||
imperative boðháttur | ||||||
singular | þú | ræpst (þú), ræpstu | ||||
plural | þið | ræpist (þið), ræpisti1 |
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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.)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to the noun ræpe f. Cognate with Icelandic ræpa (“to have diarrhoea”).
Verb
[edit]ræpa (present tense ræpar, past tense ræpa, past participle ræpa, passive infinitive ræpast, present participle ræpande, imperative ræpa/ræp)
Categories:
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːpa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːpa/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs