geysa

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See also: geyşa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geysa, from Proto-Germanic *gausijaną. Causative of gjósa (from *geusaną).

Pronunciation

Verb

geysa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative geysti, supine geyst)

  1. to gush
  2. (often mediopassive) to rush

Conjugation

geysa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að geysa
supine
(sagnbót) 		geyst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		geysandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég geysi við geysum present
(nútíð) 		ég geysi við geysum
þú geysir þið geysið þú geysir þið geysið
hann, hún, það geysir þeir, þær, þau geysa hann, hún, það geysi þeir, þær, þau geysi
past
(þátíð) 		ég geysti við geystum past
(þátíð) 		ég geysti við geystum
þú geystir þið geystuð þú geystir þið geystuð
hann, hún, það geysti þeir, þær, þau geystu hann, hún, það geysti þeir, þær, þau geystu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		geys (þú) geysið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
geystu geysiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
geysast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að geysast
supine
(sagnbót) 		geyst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		geysandist **
** 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 geysist við geysumst present
(nútíð) 		ég geysist við geysumst
þú geysist þið geysist þú geysist þið geysist
hann, hún, það geysist þeir, þær, þau geysast hann, hún, það geysist þeir, þær, þau geysist
past
(þátíð) 		ég geystist við geystumst past
(þátíð) 		ég geystist við geystumst
þú geystist þið geystust þú geystist þið geystust
hann, hún, það geystist þeir, þær, þau geystust hann, hún, það geystist þeir, þær, þau geystust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		geyst (þú) geysist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
geystu geysisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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