geispa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse geispa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaiːspa/, /ˈkaspa/

Verb

geispa (third person singular past indicative geispaði, third person plural past indicative geispaðu, supine geispað)

  1. to yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of geispa (group v-30)
infinitive geispa
supine geispað
present past
first singular geispi geispaði
second singular geispar geispaði
third singular geispar geispaði
plural geispa geispaðu
participle (a6)1 geispandi geispaður
imperative
singular geispa!
plural geispið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geispa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈceispa/
  • Rhymes: -eispa

Verb

geispa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative geispaði, supine geispað)

  1. (intransitive) to yawn

Conjugation

geispa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur geispa
supine sagnbót geispt
present participle
geispandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég geispi geispti geispi geispti
þú geispir geisptir geispir geisptir
hann, hún, það geispir geispti geispi geispti
plural við geispum geisptum geispum geisptum
þið geispið geisptuð geispið geisptuð
þeir, þær, þau geispa geisptu geispi geisptu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú geisp (þú), geisptu
plural þið geispið (þið), geispiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

See also

  • gapa
  • morgunteygjur (pandiculation)
  • syfjuteygjur (pandiculation)