rivna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rifna. Cognate with Icelandic rifna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːvna/

Verb

rivna (third person singular past indicative rivnaði, third person plural past indicative rivnaðu, supine rivnað)

1. (intransitive) to crack, split

   Synonyms: kloyva, syndrast

Conjugation

Conjugation of rivna (group v-30)

infinitive	rivna
supine	rivnað
	present	past
first singular	rivni	rivnaði
second singular	rivnar	rivnaði
third singular	rivnar	rivnaði
plural	rivna	rivnaðu
participle (a6)1	rivnandi	rivnaður
	imperative
singular	rivna!
plural	rivnið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

• rivnan

Further reading

• "rivna" at Sprotin.fo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

rivna (present tense rivnar, past tense rivna, past participle rivna, passive infinitive rivnast, present participle rivnande, imperative rivna/rivn)

1. Alternative form of rivne

Noun

rivna f (definite singular rivna, indefinite plural rivner or rivnor, definite plural rivnene or rivnone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of rivne
2. definite singular of rivne

See also

• revne (Bokmål)

References

• “rivna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• rivna, vanir, varni, vinar, vrina