fræva

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

fræva f (genitive singular frævu, nominative plural frævur)

  1. (botany) pistil

Declension

    Declension of fræva
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fræva frævan frævur frævurnar
accusative frævu frævuna frævur frævurnar
dative frævu frævunni frævum frævunum
genitive frævu frævunnar fræva frævanna

Meronyms

Verb

fræva (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative frævaði, supine frævað)

  1. (botany) to pollinate
    Synonym: frjóvga

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fræ and frær.

Verb

fræva

  1. Alternative form of frjóva

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fræve

Adjective

fræva

  1. inflection of frær:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

Noun

fræva

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fræ

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