greypa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse greypa (to groove), from Proto-Germanic *graupjaną, ultimately from or related to Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- (to dig).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreiːpa/
  • Rhymes: -eiːpa

Verb

greypa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative greypti, supine greypt)

  1. to inlay, to imprint, to set [with accusative]
    Maðurinn greypti orðin í stein.
    The man imprinted the words in stone.

Conjugation

greypa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur greypa
supine sagnbót greypt
present participle
greypandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég greypi greypti greypi greypti
þú greypir greyptir greypir greyptir
hann, hún, það greypir greypti greypi greypti
plural við greypum greyptum greypum greyptum
þið greypið greyptuð greypið greyptuð
þeir, þær, þau greypa greyptu greypi greyptu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú greyp (þú), greyptu
plural þið greypið (þið), greypiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
greypast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að greypast
supine sagnbót greypst
present participle
greypandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég greypist greyptist greypist greyptist
þú greypist greyptist greypist greyptist
hann, hún, það greypist greyptist greypist greyptist
plural við greypumst greyptumst greypumst greyptumst
þið greypist greyptust greypist greyptust
þeir, þær, þau greypast greyptust greypist greyptust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú greypst (þú), greypstu
plural þið greypist (þið), greypisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
greyptur — 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)
greyptur greypt greypt greyptir greyptar greypt
accusative
(þolfall)
greyptan greypta greypt greypta greyptar greypt
dative
(þágufall)
greyptum greyptri greyptu greyptum greyptum greyptum
genitive
(eignarfall)
greypts greyptrar greypts greyptra greyptra greyptra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
greypti greypta greypta greyptu greyptu greyptu
accusative
(þolfall)
greypta greyptu greypta greyptu greyptu greyptu
dative
(þágufall)
greypta greyptu greypta greyptu greyptu greyptu
genitive
(eignarfall)
greypta greyptu greypta greyptu greyptu greyptu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “greupan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 188-89