treskja

Faroese

Etymology 1

Noun

treskja f (genitive singular treskju, plural treskjur)

1. flail
2. threshing floor

Declension

Declension of treskja
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	treskja	treskjan	treskjur	treskjurnar
accusative	treskju	treskjuna	treskjur	treskjurnar
dative	treskju	treskjuni	treskjum	treskjunum
genitive	treskju	treskjunnar	treskja	treskjanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þreskja, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną.

Verb

treskja (third person singular past indicative treskti, third person plural past indicative tresktu, supine treskt)

1. to thresh

Conjugation

Conjugation of treskja (group v-11)
infinitive	treskja
supine	treskt
participle (a5)1	treskjandi	tresktur
	present	past
first singular	treski	treskti
second singular	treskir	treskti
third singular	treskir	treskti
plural	treskja	tresktu
	imperative
singular	tresk!
plural	treskið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• treskje (e-infinitive)
• treska, treske (without j)
• tryskja, trøskja, trøska, treiskje, trùska (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse þreskja, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Cognates include Swedish tröska, Danish tærske, and even English thresh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²trɛʃ.ʃɑ/

Verb

treskja (present tense treskjer, past tense treskte, past participle treskt, passive infinitive treskjast, present participle treskjande, imperative tresk)

1. to thresh

References

• “treskja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “treskja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring