veita

See also: veîta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaita/

Verb

veita

1. to drain
2. to yield, render, give, allot, allocate, assign
3. to give, grant

Conjugation

Conjugation of veita (group v-2)
infinitive	veita
supine	veitt
participle (a39)1	veitandi	veittur
	present	past
first singular	veiti	veitti
second singular	veitir	veitti
third singular	veitir	veitti
plural	veita	veittu
	imperative
singular	veit!
plural	veitið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

• veitarafelag (supply company)
• veitarbakki (edge of a ditch)
• veitarbládepla (brooklime)
• veitarbotnur (bottom of a ditch)
• veitari (supplier)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveiːta/

  Rhymes: -eiːta

Verb

veita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veitti, supine veitt)

1. to grant, to offer [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘something’]

   Hún veitti mér verðlaun.

   She gave me an award.

2. to pipe water [with dative]
3. (impersonal) used in set phrases

Conjugation

veita — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að veita
supine (sagnbót)		veitt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		veitandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég veiti	við veitum	present (nútíð)	ég veiti	við veitum
	þú veitir	þið veitið		þú veitir	þið veitið
	hann, hún, það veitir	þeir, þær, þau veita		hann, hún, það veiti	þeir, þær, þau veiti
past (þátíð)	ég veitti	við veittum	past (þátíð)	ég veitti	við veittum
	þú veittir	þið veittuð		þú veittir	þið veittuð
	hann, hún, það veitti	þeir, þær, þau veittu		hann, hún, það veitti	þeir, þær, þau veittu
imperative (boðháttur)	veit (þú)	veitið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	veittu	veitiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

veitast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að veitast
supine (sagnbót)		veist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		veitandist ** ** 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 veitist	við veitumst	present (nútíð)	ég veitist	við veitumst
	þú veitist	þið veitist		þú veitist	þið veitist
	hann, hún, það veitist	þeir, þær, þau veitast		hann, hún, það veitist	þeir, þær, þau veitist
past (þátíð)	ég veittist	við veittumst	past (þátíð)	ég veittist	við veittumst
	þú veittist	þið veittust		þú veittist	þið veittust
	hann, hún, það veittist	þeir, þær, þau veittust		hann, hún, það veittist	þeir, þær, þau veittust
imperative (boðháttur)	veist (þú)	veitist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	veistu	veitisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

veittur — 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)	veittur	veitt	veitt		veittir	veittar	veitt
accusative (þolfall)	veittan	veitta	veitt		veitta	veittar	veitt
dative (þágufall)	veittum	veittri	veittu		veittum	veittum	veittum
genitive (eignarfall)	veitts	veittrar	veitts		veittra	veittra	veittra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	veitti	veitta	veitta		veittu	veittu	veittu
accusative (þolfall)	veitta	veittu	veitta		veittu	veittu	veittu
dative (þágufall)	veitta	veittu	veitta		veittu	veittu	veittu
genitive (eignarfall)	veitta	veittu	veitta		veittu	veittu	veittu

Derived terms

• veita eftirför (“to follow someone”)
• veita hjálp (“to help someone”)
• veita viðnám (“to resist”)
• veita ekki af (“to have need for”)
• munu ekki veita af (“to have real use for”)
• veitast að (“to attack someone”)
• veitast eitthvað auðvelt (“to find something easy”)