ákveða

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

á- (on, towards) +‎ kveða (to say, compose).

Verb

ákveða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative ákvað, third-person plural past indicative ákváðu, supine ákveðið)

  1. to decide, to determine
    Hann ákvað að fara.
    He decided to leave.
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Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Noun

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ákveða f (genitive singular ákveðu, nominative plural ákveður)

  1. (mathematics) a determinant
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Further reading

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “ákveða”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • “ákveða” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)