dreifa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse dreifa, from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

dreifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dreifði, supine dreift)

  1. (with dative) to strew, spread, disperse
  2. (with dative) to distribute

Conjugation

dreifa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að dreifa
supine
(sagnbót) 		dreift
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		dreifandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég dreifi við dreifum present
(nútíð) 		ég dreifi við dreifum
þú dreifir þið dreifið þú dreifir þið dreifið
hann, hún, það dreifir þeir, þær, þau dreifa hann, hún, það dreifi þeir, þær, þau dreifi
past
(þátíð) 		ég dreifði við dreifðum past
(þátíð) 		ég dreifði við dreifðum
þú dreifðir þið dreifðuð þú dreifðir þið dreifðuð
hann, hún, það dreifði þeir, þær, þau dreifðu hann, hún, það dreifði þeir, þær, þau dreifðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		dreif (þú) dreifið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
dreifðu dreifiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
dreifast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að dreifast
supine
(sagnbót) 		dreifst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		dreifandist **
** 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 dreifist við dreifumst present
(nútíð) 		ég dreifist við dreifumst
þú dreifist þið dreifist þú dreifist þið dreifist
hann, hún, það dreifist þeir, þær, þau dreifast hann, hún, það dreifist þeir, þær, þau dreifist
past
(þátíð) 		ég dreifðist við dreifðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég dreifðist við dreifðumst
þú dreifðist þið dreifðust þú dreifðist þið dreifðust
hann, hún, það dreifðist þeir, þær, þau dreifðust hann, hún, það dreifðist þeir, þær, þau dreifðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		dreifst (þú) dreifist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
dreifstu dreifisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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