svipa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪːpa

Etymology 1

Noun

svipa f (genitive singular svipu, nominative plural svipur)

  1. a riding crop, a whip
  2. (biology) a flagellum
Declension
Declension of svipa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svipa svipan svipur svipurnar
accusative svipu svipuna svipur svipurnar
dative svipu svipunni svipum svipunum
genitive svipu svipunnar svipna, svipa svipnanna, svipanna
Derived terms
  • svipa forsæðisfrumu (“flagellum spermatidii”)
  • svipa sæðisfrumu (“flagellum spermatozoi”)
  • svipu- (“flagellar”)
  • svipubaugur forsæðisfrumu (“anulus flagelli spermatidii”)
  • svipubaugur sæðisfrumu (“ring centriole”)
  • svipudýr (“flagellata”)
  • svipudýrasýking (“flagellosis”)
  • svipuhópfellir (“flagellar agglutinin”)
  • svipukrabbi (“crawfish, rock lobster”)
  • svipuloftnet (“whip aerial”)
  • svipuþekjufruma (“epitheliocytus flagellatus”)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. The verb's meanings diverge quite a bit. From Old Norse svipa (“to rush, hurl; to cloak; to whip”). Partly from svipa f (“a whip”), partly from svípa (“to glance”, strong verb, defective).[1]

Verb

svipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svipaði, supine svipað)

  1. (impersonal, dative subject) to resemble
    1. to take after (a parent or ancestor) [with til (+ genitive) ‘someone’]
      Henni svipar til móður sinnar hvað hæð og þyngd varðar.
      She takes after her mother as far as height and weight are concerned.
      Hundum svipar til eiganda sinna. ― Dogs resemble their owners.
    2. to look alike [with saman ‘each other’]
      Þeim svipar saman. ― They look alike.
Derived terms
  • svipast (“to become angry”)
  • svipast um (“to have a look around”)
  • svipast um eftir (“to look around for”)

Etymology 3

Noun

svipa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of svipur

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “2 svipa”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 1004 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Further reading

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “svipa”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • “svipa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

svipa (present tense svipar, past tense svipa, past participle svipa, passive infinitive svipast, present participle svipande, imperative svipa/svip)

  1. alternative form of svipe

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