vaxa

See also: växa and ваха

Galician

Alternative forms

• gaxa, vaixa, varxa

Etymology

Apparently from Latin *vagina, from vagīna. Doublet of vaíña. Compare also Portuguese vagem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaʃɐ]

Noun

vaxa f (plural vaxas)

1. pod (a seed case for legumes)

   Synonyms: cornello, vaíña

Related terms

• esvaxar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vaxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vaxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vaxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaksa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈvaxsa/

  Rhymes: -axsa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

vaxa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative óx, third-person plural past indicative uxu, supine vaxið)

1. to grow

Derived terms

• peningar vaxa ekki á trjám

Etymology 2

From the noun vax (“wax”).

Verb

vaxa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaxaði, supine vaxað)

1. to wax (apply wax to)

Conjugation

vaxa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að vaxa
supine sagnbót		vaxað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		vaxandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vaxa	vaxaði		vaxi	vaxaði
	þú	vaxar	vaxaðir		vaxir	vaxaðir
	hann, hún, það	vaxar	vaxaði		vaxi	vaxaði
plural	við	vöxum	vöxuðum		vöxum	vöxuðum
	þið	vaxið	vöxuðuð		vaxið	vöxuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	vaxa	vöxuðu		vaxi	vöxuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vaxa (þú), vaxaðu
plural	þið	vaxið (þið), vaxiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vaxaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vaxaður	vöxuð	vaxað	vaxaðir	vaxaðar	vöxuð
accusative (þolfall)	vaxaðan	vaxaða	vaxað	vaxaða	vaxaðar	vöxuð
dative (þágufall)	vöxuðum	vaxaðri	vöxuðu	vöxuðum	vöxuðum	vöxuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	vaxaðs	vaxaðrar	vaxaðs	vaxaðra	vaxaðra	vaxaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vaxaði	vaxaða	vaxaða	vöxuðu	vöxuðu	vöxuðu
accusative (þolfall)	vaxaða	vöxuðu	vaxaða	vöxuðu	vöxuðu	vöxuðu
dative (þágufall)	vaxaða	vöxuðu	vaxaða	vöxuðu	vöxuðu	vöxuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	vaxaða	vöxuðu	vaxaða	vöxuðu	vöxuðu	vöxuðu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to increase, enlarge”).

Verb

vaxa (singular past indicative óx, plural past indicative óxu, past participle vaxinn)

1. to grow, increase

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaxa — active (strong class 6)

infinitive	vaxa
present participle	vaxandi
past participle	vaxinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	vex	óx		vaxa	ǿxa
2nd person singular	vex	óxt		vaxir	ǿxir
3rd person singular	vex	óx		vaxi	ǿxi
1st person plural	vǫxum	óxum		vaxim	ǿxim
2nd person plural	vaxið	óxuð		vaxið	ǿxið
3rd person plural	vaxa	óxu		vaxi	ǿxi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	vax
1st person plural	vǫxum
2nd person plural	vaxið

Conjugation of vaxa — mediopassive (strong class 6)

infinitive	vaxask
present participle	vaxandisk
past participle	vaxizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	vǫxumk	óxumk		vǫxumk	ǿxumk
2nd person singular	vexk	óxk		vaxisk	ǿxisk
3rd person singular	vexk	óxk		vaxisk	ǿxisk
1st person plural	vǫxumsk	óxumsk		vaximsk	ǿximsk
2nd person plural	vaxizk	óxuzk		vaxizk	ǿxizk
3rd person plural	vaxask	óxusk		vaxisk	ǿxisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	vaxk
1st person plural	vǫxumsk
2nd person plural	vaxizk

Related terms

• vǫxtr m

Descendants

• Icelandic: vaxa
• Faroese: vaksa, veksa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: veksa, vekse
• Old Swedish: vaxa, væxa
  • Swedish: växa
• Old Danish: waxæ
  • Danish: vokse
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vokse
• Gutnish: vaksa

Further reading

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

Swedish

Verb

vaxa (present vaxar, preterite vaxade, supine vaxat, imperative vaxa)

1. to wax, to apply wax to something, usually to make the surface shiny
2. to wax, to remove hair by applying wax

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaxa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vaxa		vaxas
supine	vaxat		vaxats
imperative	vaxa		—
imper. plural1	vaxen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vaxar	vaxade	vaxas	vaxades
ind. plural1	vaxa	vaxade	vaxas	vaxades
subjunctive2	vaxe	vaxade	vaxes	vaxades
present participle		vaxande
past participle		vaxad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• vaxning

References

• vaxa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vaxa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vaxa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)