gapa

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See also: gapą and gå på

Garo

Etymology

From gap- + -a.

Verb

gapa (intransitive)

  1. to be full (of any container)

Related terms

  • gapeta (“to fill, cause to be full”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gapa.

Pronunciation

Verb

gapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gapti, supine gapað)

  1. to gape

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla kúpvel

Noun

gapa

  1. bed

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

gapa

  1. inflection of gape:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gapōną (“to gaze, observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, be wide open”).

Verb

gapa (singular past indicative gapti, plural past indicative gǫptu, past participle gapat)

  1. to gape, open the mouth wide

Conjugation

Conjugation of gapa — active (weak class 3)
infinitive gapa
present participle gapandi
past participle gapaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular gapi gapta
2nd-person singular gapir gaptir
3rd-person singular gapir gapti
1st-person plural gapum gǫptum
2nd-person plural gapið gǫptuð
3rd-person plural gapa gǫptu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gapa gepta
2nd-person singular gapir geptir
3rd-person singular gapi gepti
1st-person plural gapim geptim
2nd-person plural gapið geptið
3rd-person plural gapi gepti
imperative present
2nd-person singular gap
1st-person plural gapum
2nd-person plural gapið
Conjugation of gapa — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive gapask
present participle gapandisk
past participle gapazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular gapumk gǫptumk
2nd-person singular gapisk gaptisk
3rd-person singular gapisk gaptisk
1st-person plural gapumsk gǫptumsk
2nd-person plural gapizk gǫptuzk
3rd-person plural gapask gǫptusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gapumk geptumk
2nd-person singular gapisk geptisk
3rd-person singular gapisk geptisk
1st-person plural gapimsk geptimsk
2nd-person plural gapizk geptizk
3rd-person plural gapisk geptisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular gapsk
1st-person plural gapumsk
2nd-person plural gapizk

Descendants

  • → Middle English: gapen
  • Icelandic: gapa
  • Norwegian:
  • Swedish: gapa

References

  • “gapa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.pa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: ga‧pa

Noun

gapa f

  1. (colloquial) booby (person)
  2. (Greater Poland, Kujawy, Poznań) crow (Corvus cornix, occasionally other birds of the Corvus genus)
    Synonym: wrona

Declension

Declension of gapa
singular plural
nominative gapa gapy
genitive gapy gap
dative gapie gapom
accusative gapę gapy
instrumental gapą gapami
locative gapie gapach
vocative gapo gapy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • gapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rotokas

Etymology

ga (“pry open”) +‎ -pa

Noun

gapa

  1. wedge

References

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

Noun

gapa

  1. canvas

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish gapa or gap +‎ -a

Verb

gapa (present gapar, preterite gapade, supine gapat, imperative gapa)

  1. to open one's mouth; keep one's mouth open
  2. to talk very loudly or shout
  3. to gape (be wide open)
    en gapande avgrund
    a gaping abyss
  4. to be (conspicuously) empty
    Läktarna gapade tomma
    The bleachers were empty
    Butikshyllorna gapade tomma
    The store shelves were empty

Conjugation

Conjugation of gapa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive gapa —
Supine gapat —
Imperative gapa —
Imper. plural1 gapen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gapar gapade — —
Ind. plural1 gapa gapade — —
Subjunctive2 gape gapade — —
Participles
Present participle gapande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

  • gaphals (“someone who screams and shouts”)

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia