svipa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪːpa

Etymology 1

Noun

svipa f (genitive singular svipu, nominative plural svipur)

1. a riding crop, a whip
2. (biology) a flagellum

Declension

Declension of svipa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svipa	svipan	svipur	svipurnar
accusative	svipu	svipuna	svipur	svipurnar
dative	svipu	svipunni	svipum	svipunum
genitive	svipu	svipunnar	svipna, svipa	svipnanna, svipanna

Derived terms

• svipa forsæðisfrumu (“flagellum spermatidii”)
• svipa sæðisfrumu (“flagellum spermatozoi”)
• svipu- (“flagellar”)
• svipubaugur forsæðisfrumu (“anulus flagelli spermatidii”)
• svipubaugur sæðisfrumu (“ring centriole”)
• svipudýr (“flagellata”)
• svipudýrasýking (“flagellosis”)
• svipuhópfellir (“flagellar agglutinin”)
• svipukrabbi (“crawfish, rock lobster”)
• svipuloftnet (“whip aerial”)
• svipuþekjufruma (“epitheliocytus flagellatus”)

Etymology 2

Verb

svipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svipaði, supine svipað)

1. (impersonal) to cause to resemble, to cause to look like [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘someone else/something’] (idiomatically translated as "resemble, look like" with the dative object as the subject)

   Hundum svipar til eiganda sinna.

   Dogs resemble their owners.

   Þeim svipar saman.

   They look alike.

Derived terms

• svipa til (“to resemble”)
• svipa saman (“to look alike”)
• svipast
• svipast um (“to have a look around”)
• svipast um eftir (“to look around for”)

Etymology 3

Noun

svipa

1. indefinite genitive plural of svipur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

svipa (present tense svipar, past tense svipa, past participle svipa, passive infinitive svipast, present participle svipande, imperative svipa/svip)

1. Alternative form of svipe

Anagrams

• avsip, vipsa