sprengja
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sprengja f (genitive singular sprengju, nominative plural sprengjur)
- a bomb
- Leggðu sprengjuna frá þér!
- Put the bomb down!
- Passaðu þig á sprengjunni.
- Look out for the bomb.
Declension
[edit]Declension of sprengja (feminine)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sprengja | sprengjan | sprengjur | sprengjurnar |
accusative | sprengju | sprengjuna | sprengjur | sprengjurnar |
dative | sprengju | sprengjunni | sprengjum | sprengjunum |
genitive | sprengju | sprengjunnar | sprengja, sprengna | sprengjanna, sprengnanna |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.
Verb
[edit]sprengja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sprengdi, supine sprengt)
- (transitive) to blow up (cause to explode)
- (transitive) to detonate (a bomb)
- (transitive) to burst, to pop
- to backfire (of a car etc.)
Conjugation
[edit]sprengja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að sprengja | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
sprengt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
sprengjandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég sprengi | við sprengjum | present (nútíð) |
ég sprengi | við sprengjum |
þú sprengir | þið sprengið | þú sprengir | þið sprengið | ||
hann, hún, það sprengir | þeir, þær, þau sprengja | hann, hún, það sprengi | þeir, þær, þau sprengi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég sprengdi | við sprengdum | past (þátíð) |
ég sprengdi | við sprengdum |
þú sprengdir | þið sprengduð | þú sprengdir | þið sprengduð | ||
hann, hún, það sprengdi | þeir, þær, þau sprengdu | hann, hún, það sprengdi | þeir, þær, þau sprengdu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
spreng (þú) | sprengið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
sprengdu | sprengiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
sprengdur — 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) |
sprengdur | sprengd | sprengt | sprengdir | sprengdar | sprengd | |
accusative (þolfall) |
sprengdan | sprengda | sprengt | sprengda | sprengdar | sprengd | |
dative (þágufall) |
sprengdum | sprengdri | sprengdu | sprengdum | sprengdum | sprengdum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
sprengds | sprengdrar | sprengds | sprengdra | sprengdra | sprengdra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
sprengdi | sprengda | sprengda | sprengdu | sprengdu | sprengdu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
sprengda | sprengdu | sprengda | sprengdu | sprengdu | sprengdu | |
dative (þágufall) |
sprengda | sprengdu | sprengda | sprengdu | sprengdu | sprengdu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
sprengda | sprengdu | sprengda | sprengdu | sprengdu | sprengdu |
Synonyms
[edit]- (to blow up): sprengja í loft upp
- (to backfire): miskveikja
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sprengja (present tense sprengjer, past tense sprengde, past participle sprengt, present participle sprengjande, imperative spreng)
- to blow up (cause to explode)
- to break (cause to rupture)
- to wear out an animal
- Han reid så lenge at han sprengde hesten.
- He rode for so long that he wore out his horse.
- to use more than planned or anticipated
- Budsjettet er sprengt for lengst.
- We are way over budget.
References
[edit]- “sprengja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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