óttast

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Faroese

Etymology

From ótti (“fear”).

Verb

óttast

  1. (passive voice) to fear

Icelandic

Etymology

From ótti (“fear”).

Pronunciation

Verb

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óttast

  1. (reflexive) to fear, be afraid
    Margir óttast myrkrið.
    Many people are afraid of the dark.

Conjugation

óttast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að óttast
supine
(sagnbót) 		óttast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		óttandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég óttast við óttumst present
(nútíð) 		ég óttist við óttumst
þú óttast þið óttist þú óttist þið óttist
hann, hún, það óttast þeir, þær, þau óttast hann, hún, það óttist þeir, þær, þau óttist
past
(þátíð) 		ég óttaðist við óttuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég óttaðist við óttuðumst
þú óttaðist þið óttuðust þú óttaðist þið óttuðust
hann, hún, það óttaðist þeir, þær, þau óttuðust hann, hún, það óttaðist þeir, þær, þau óttuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		óttast (þú) óttist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
óttastu óttisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

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