fletja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fletja, from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

fletja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flatti, supine flatt)

  1. to flatten

Conjugation

fletja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að fletja
supine
(sagnbót) 		flatt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		fletjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég flet við fletjum present
(nútíð) 		ég fletji við fletjum
þú fletur þið fletjið þú fletjir þið fletjið
hann, hún, það fletur þeir, þær, þau fletja hann, hún, það fletji þeir, þær, þau fletji
past
(þátíð) 		ég flatti við flöttum past
(þátíð) 		ég fletti við flettum
þú flattir þið flöttuð þú flettir þið flettuð
hann, hún, það flatti þeir, þær, þau flöttu hann, hún, það fletti þeir, þær, þau flettu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		flet (þú) fletjið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
flettu fletjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
fletjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að fletjast
supine
(sagnbót) 		flast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		fletjandist **
** 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 flest við fletjumst present
(nútíð) 		ég fletjist við fletjumst
þú flest þið fletjist þú fletjist þið fletjist
hann, hún, það flest þeir, þær, þau fletjast hann, hún, það fletjist þeir, þær, þau fletjist
past
(þátíð) 		ég flattist við flöttumst past
(þátíð) 		ég flettist við flettumst
þú flattist þið flöttust þú flettist þið flettust
hann, hún, það flattist þeir, þær, þau flöttust hann, hún, það flettist þeir, þær, þau flettust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		flest (þú) fletist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
flestu fletisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
flattur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		flattur flatt flatt flattir flattar flatt
accusative
(þolfall) 		flattan flatta flatt flatta flattar flatt
dative
(þágufall) 		flattum flattri flattu flattum flattum flattum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		flatts flattrar flatts flettra flettra flettra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		flatti flatta flatta flattu flattu flattu
accusative
(þolfall) 		flatta flattu flatta flattu flattu flattu
dative
(þágufall) 		flatta flattu flatta flattu flattu flattu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		flatta flattu flatta flattu flattu flattu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flatjaną.

Verb

fletja (singular past indicative flatti, plural past indicative flǫttu, past participle flattr)

  1. to make flat
  2. (of a cod) to cut open
  3. (mediopassive) to extend

Conjugation

Conjugation of fletja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive fletja
present participle fletjandi
past participle flattr
indicative present past
1st-person singular flet flatta
2nd-person singular fletr flattir
3rd-person singular fletr flatti
1st-person plural fletjum flǫttum
2nd-person plural fletið flǫttuð
3rd-person plural fletja flǫttu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fletja fletta
2nd-person singular fletir flettir
3rd-person singular fleti fletti
1st-person plural fletim flettim
2nd-person plural fletið flettið
3rd-person plural fleti fletti
imperative present
2nd-person singular flet
1st-person plural fletjum
2nd-person plural fletið
Conjugation of fletja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fletjask
present participle fletjandisk
past participle flazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fletjumk flǫttumk
2nd-person singular flezk flattisk
3rd-person singular flezk flattisk
1st-person plural fletjumsk flǫttumsk
2nd-person plural fletizk flǫttuzk
3rd-person plural fletjask flǫttusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fletjumk flettumk
2nd-person singular fletisk flettisk
3rd-person singular fletisk flettisk
1st-person plural fletimsk flettimsk
2nd-person plural fletizk flettizk
3rd-person plural fletisk flettisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular flezk
1st-person plural fletjumsk
2nd-person plural fletizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fletja

References

  • “fletja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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