vǫkva

See also: vökva

Old Norse

Etymology

From vǫkr (“wet, moist”) +‎ -a (ōn-stem suffix), or directly inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakwǭ.

Noun

vǫkva f (genitive vǫku)

1. moisture, humidity

Declension

Declension of vǫkva (weak wōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vǫkva	vǫkvan	vǫkur	vǫkurnar
accusative	vǫku	vǫkuna	vǫkur	vǫkurnar
dative	vǫku	vǫkunni	vǫkum	vǫkunum
genitive	vǫku	vǫkunnar	vǫkna	vǫknanna

Derived terms

• vǫkusamr (“moist”)
• vǫkuskortr m (“want of moisture”)

See also

• vǫkvi m

Verb

vǫkva

1. to moisten, water

Conjugation

Conjugation of vǫkva — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	vǫkva
present participle	vǫkvandi
past participle	vǫkvaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	vǫkva	vǫkvaða
2nd-person singular	vǫkvar	vǫkvaðir
3rd-person singular	vǫkvar	vǫkvaði
1st-person plural	vǫkum	vǫkuðum
2nd-person plural	vǫkvið	vǫkuðuð
3rd-person plural	vǫkva	vǫkuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vǫkva	vǫkvaða
2nd-person singular	vǫkvir	vǫkvaðir
3rd-person singular	vǫkvi	vǫkvaði
1st-person plural	vǫkvim	vǫkvaðim
2nd-person plural	vǫkvið	vǫkvaðið
3rd-person plural	vǫkvi	vǫkvaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vǫkva
1st-person plural	vǫkum
2nd-person plural	vǫkvið

Conjugation of vǫkva — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	vǫkvask
present participle	vǫkvandisk
past participle	vǫkvazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	vǫkumk	vǫkuðumk
2nd-person singular	vǫkvask	vǫkvaðisk
3rd-person singular	vǫkvask	vǫkvaðisk
1st-person plural	vǫkumsk	vǫkuðumsk
2nd-person plural	vǫkvizk	vǫkuðuzk
3rd-person plural	vǫkvask	vǫkuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vǫkumk	vǫkuðumk
2nd-person singular	vǫkvisk	vǫkvaðisk
3rd-person singular	vǫkvisk	vǫkvaðisk
1st-person plural	vǫkvimsk	vǫkvaðimsk
2nd-person plural	vǫkvizk	vǫkvaðizk
3rd-person plural	vǫkvisk	vǫkvaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vǫkvask
1st-person plural	vǫkumsk
2nd-person plural	vǫkvizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: vökva

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vökva”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 503; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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