tendra

See also: tendrá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɛn.dɾa]

Adjective

tendra

1. feminine singular of tendre

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tenda, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną.

Verb

tendra (third person singular past indicative tendraði, third person plural past indicative tendrað, supine tendrað)

1. to light

Conjugation

Conjugation of tendra (group v-30)

infinitive	tendra
supine	tendrað
	present	past
first singular	tendri	tendraði
second singular	tendrar	tendraði
third singular	tendrar	tendraði
plural	tendra	tendraðu
participle (a6)1	tendrandi	tendraður
	imperative
singular	tendra!
plural	tendrið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

tendra

1. third-person singular future of tendre

Icelandic

Verb

tendra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tendraði, supine tendrað)

1. to light

Derived terms

• tendra einhvern til einhvers (“to kindle someone's interest in something”)

See also

• kveikja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tandijaną, the -r- maybe due to the influence of *tundrą (“tinder”). Akin to Old English tendan, Old High German zunten.

Verb

tendra

1. to ignite, light

Descendants

• Icelandic: tendra
• Faroese: tendra
• Middle Norwegian: tendra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tendra

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.dra/
• Rhymes: -ɛndra
• Syllabification: ten‧dra

Noun

tendra

1. genitive singular of tender