takast

Faroese

Etymology

Mediopassive of taka (to take).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʰɛaːkast]

Verb

takast (third person singular past indicative tókst, third person plural past indicative tókust, supine takast)

  1. to wrestle
  2. to be busy, occupied [+við]
    Synonym: upptikin

Conjugation

Conjugation of takast
infinitive takast
supine takast
present past
first singular takist tókst
second singular tekst tókst
third singular tekst tókst
plural takast tókust
participle - -
imperative
singular -
plural -

Icelandic

Etymology

From taka (to take) +‎ -st.

Verb

takast

  1. to succeed
    Yfir hverju ertu að kvarta? Þetta tókst, er það ekki?
    What are you complaining about? It worked, didn't it?

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

takast (present tense tekst, past tense tokst, supine tekest)

  1. passive infinitive of ta and taka