tefla
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tefla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tefldi, supine teflt)
- to play a board game
- specifically, to play chess
Conjugation
[edit]tefla — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að tefla | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
teflt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
teflandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég tefli | við teflum | present (nútíð) |
ég tefli | við teflum |
þú teflir | þið teflið | þú teflir | þið teflið | ||
hann, hún, það teflir | þeir, þær, þau tefla | hann, hún, það tefli | þeir, þær, þau tefli | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég tefldi | við tefldum | past (þátíð) |
ég tefldi | við tefldum |
þú tefldir | þið teflduð | þú tefldir | þið teflduð | ||
hann, hún, það tefldi | þeir, þær, þau tefldu | hann, hún, það tefldi | þeir, þær, þau tefldu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
tefl (þú) | teflið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
tefldu | tefliði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að teflast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
teflst | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
teflandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég teflist | við teflumst | present (nútíð) |
ég teflist | við teflumst |
þú teflist | þið teflist | þú teflist | þið teflist | ||
hann, hún, það teflist | þeir, þær, þau teflast | hann, hún, það teflist | þeir, þær, þau teflist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég tefldist | við tefldumst | past (þátíð) |
ég tefldist | við tefldumst |
þú tefldist | þið tefldust | þú tefldist | þið tefldust | ||
hann, hún, það tefldist | þeir, þær, þau tefldust | hann, hún, það tefldist | þeir, þær, þau tefldust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
teflst (þú) | teflist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
teflstu | teflisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
tefldur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
tefldur | tefld | teflt | tefldir | tefldar | tefld | |
accusative (þolfall) |
tefldan | teflda | teflt | teflda | tefldar | tefld | |
dative (þágufall) |
tefldum | tefldri | tefldu | tefldum | tefldum | tefldum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
teflds | tefldrar | teflds | tefldra | tefldra | tefldra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
tefldi | teflda | teflda | tefldu | tefldu | tefldu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
teflda | tefldu | teflda | tefldu | tefldu | tefldu | |
dative (þágufall) |
teflda | tefldu | teflda | tefldu | tefldu | tefldu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
teflda | tefldu | teflda | tefldu | tefldu | tefldu |
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Presumably from tafl (“board”). Akin to Old English tæflan, tæflian. Ultimately from Latin tabula (“table, board”).
Verb
[edit]tefla (singular past indicative tefldi, plural past indicative tefldu, past participle tefldr)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of tefla — active (weak class 1)
infinitive | tefla | |
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present participle | teflandi | |
past participle | tefldr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | tefli | teflda |
2nd-person singular | teflir | tefldir |
3rd-person singular | teflir | tefldi |
1st-person plural | teflum | tefldum |
2nd-person plural | teflið | teflduð |
3rd-person plural | tefla | tefldu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | tefla | teflda |
2nd-person singular | teflir | tefldir |
3rd-person singular | tefli | tefldi |
1st-person plural | teflim | tefldim |
2nd-person plural | teflið | tefldið |
3rd-person plural | tefli | tefldi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | tefl, tefli | |
1st-person plural | teflum | |
2nd-person plural | teflið |
Conjugation of tefla — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive | teflask | |
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present participle | teflandisk | |
past participle | teflzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | teflumk | tefldumk |
2nd-person singular | teflisk | tefldisk |
3rd-person singular | teflisk | tefldisk |
1st-person plural | teflumsk | tefldumsk |
2nd-person plural | teflizk | teflduzk |
3rd-person plural | teflask | tefldusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | teflumk | tefldumk |
2nd-person singular | teflisk | tefldisk |
3rd-person singular | teflisk | tefldisk |
1st-person plural | teflimsk | tefldimsk |
2nd-person plural | teflizk | tefldizk |
3rd-person plural | teflisk | tefldisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | teflsk, teflisk | |
1st-person plural | teflumsk | |
2nd-person plural | teflizk |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “tefla”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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