svelta

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Italian svelto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvelta/
• Rhymes: -elta
• Hyphenation: svel‧ta

Adjective

svelta (accusative singular sveltan, plural sveltaj, accusative plural sveltajn)

1. slender, slim, lean

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛl̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛl̥ta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svelta (strong verb), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

svelta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative svalt, third-person plural past indicative sultu, supine soltið)

1. (intransitive) to starve

Conjugation

svelta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að svelta
supine sagnbót		soltið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sveltandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	svelt	svalt		svelti	sylti
	þú	sveltur	svalst		sveltir	syltir
	hann, hún, það	sveltur	svalt		svelti	sylti
plural	við	sveltum	sultum		sveltum	syltum
	þið	sveltið	sultuð		sveltið	syltuð
	þeir, þær, þau	svelta	sultu		svelti	syltu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	svelt (þú), sveltu
plural	þið	sveltið (þið), sveltiði1

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

soltinn — 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)	soltinn	soltin	soltið	soltnir	soltnar	soltin
accusative (þolfall)	soltinn	soltna	soltið	soltna	soltnar	soltin
dative (þágufall)	soltnum	soltinni	soltnu	soltnum	soltnum	soltnum
genitive (eignarfall)	soltins	soltinnar	soltins	soltinna	soltinna	soltinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	soltni	soltna	soltna	soltnu	soltnu	soltnu
accusative (þolfall)	soltna	soltnu	soltna	soltnu	soltnu	soltnu
dative (þágufall)	soltna	soltnu	soltna	soltnu	soltnu	soltnu
genitive (eignarfall)	soltna	soltnu	soltna	soltnu	soltnu	soltnu

Derived terms

• sveltur sitjandi kráka en fljúgandi fær

Etymology 2

From Old Norse svelta (weak verb), from Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną.

Verb

svelta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svelti, supine svelt)

1. to starve (someone, or figuratively something) [with accusative]

Conjugation

svelta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að svelta
supine sagnbót		svelt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sveltandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	svelti	svelti		svelti	svelti
	þú	sveltir	sveltir		sveltir	sveltir
	hann, hún, það	sveltir	svelti		svelti	svelti
plural	við	sveltum	sveltum		sveltum	sveltum
	þið	sveltið	sveltuð		sveltið	sveltuð
	þeir, þær, þau	svelta	sveltu		svelti	sveltu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	svelt (þú), sveltu
plural	þið	sveltið (þið), sveltiði1

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

sveltur — 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)	sveltur	svelt	svelt	sveltir	sveltar	svelt
accusative (þolfall)	sveltan	svelta	svelt	svelta	sveltar	svelt
dative (þágufall)	sveltum	sveltri	sveltu	sveltum	sveltum	sveltum
genitive (eignarfall)	svelts	sveltrar	svelts	sveltra	sveltra	sveltra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	svelti	svelta	svelta	sveltu	sveltu	sveltu
accusative (þolfall)	svelta	sveltu	svelta	sveltu	sveltu	sveltu
dative (þágufall)	svelta	sveltu	svelta	sveltu	sveltu	sveltu
genitive (eignarfall)	svelta	sveltu	svelta	sveltu	sveltu	sveltu

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzvɛl.ta/, /ˈzvel.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛlta, -elta
• Hyphenation: svèl‧ta, svél‧ta

Adjective

svelta f sg

1. feminine singular of svelto

Participle

svelta f sg

1. feminine singular of svelto

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

svelta (present tense svelt, past tense svalt, supine svolte, past participle svolten, present participle sveltande, imperative svelt)

1. Alternative spelling of svelte

Noun

svelta f (definite singular svelta)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

svelta (present tense svelter, past tense svelte, past participle svelt, passive infinitive sveltast, present participle sveltande, imperative svelt)

1. Alternative spelling of svelte

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

svelta (singular past indicative svalt, plural past indicative sultu, past participle soltinn)

1. (intransitive) to starve, to have hunger

Conjugation

Conjugation of svelta — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	svelta
present participle	sveltandi
past participle	soltinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	svelt	svalt		svelta	sylta
2nd person singular	sveltr	svalzt		sveltir	syltir
3rd person singular	sveltr	svalt		svelti	sylti
1st person plural	sveltum	sultum		sveltim	syltim
2nd person plural	sveltið	sultuð		sveltið	syltið
3rd person plural	svelta	sultu		svelti	sylti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	svelt
1st person plural	sveltum
2nd person plural	sveltið

Conjugation of svelta — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	sveltask
present participle	sveltandisk
past participle	soltizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sveltumk	sultumk		sveltumk	syltumk
2nd person singular	svelzk	svalzk		sveltisk	syltisk
3rd person singular	svelzk	svalzk		sveltisk	syltisk
1st person plural	sveltumsk	sultumsk		sveltimsk	syltimsk
2nd person plural	sveltizk	sultuzk		sveltizk	syltizk
3rd person plural	sveltask	sultusk		sveltisk	syltisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	svelzk
1st person plural	sveltumsk
2nd person plural	sveltizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: svelta
• Faroese: svølta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svelta

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną.

Verb

svelta (singular past indicative svelti, plural past indicative sveltu, past participle sveltr)

1. (transitive) to starve

Conjugation

Conjugation of svelta — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	svelta
present participle	sveltandi
past participle	sveltr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	svelti	svelta		svelta	svelta
2nd person singular	sveltir	sveltir		sveltir	sveltir
3rd person singular	sveltir	svelti		svelti	svelti
1st person plural	sveltum	sveltum		sveltim	sveltim
2nd person plural	sveltið	sveltuð		sveltið	sveltið
3rd person plural	svelta	sveltu		svelti	svelti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	svelt, svelti
1st person plural	sveltum
2nd person plural	sveltið

Conjugation of svelta — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	sveltask
present participle	sveltandisk
past participle	svelzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sveltumk	sveltumk		sveltumk	sveltumk
2nd person singular	sveltisk	sveltisk		sveltisk	sveltisk
3rd person singular	sveltisk	sveltisk		sveltisk	sveltisk
1st person plural	sveltumsk	sveltumsk		sveltimsk	sveltimsk
2nd person plural	sveltizk	sveltuzk		sveltizk	sveltizk
3rd person plural	sveltask	sveltusk		sveltisk	sveltisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	svelzk, sveltisk
1st person plural	sveltumsk
2nd person plural	sveltizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: svelta
• Faroese: svølta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svelta
• Old Swedish: svælta
  • Swedish: svälta

Further reading

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