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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
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég geysi geysti geysi geysti
þú geysir geystir geysir geystir
hann, hún, það geysir geysti geysi geysti
plural við geysum geystum geysum geystum
þið geysið geystuð geysið geystuð
þeir, þær, þau geysa geystu geysi geystu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú geys (þú), geystu
plural þið geysið (þið), geysiði1
1 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 (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég geysist geystist geysist geystist
þú geysist geystist geysist geystist
hann, hún, það geysist geystist geysist geystist
plural við geysumst geystumst geysumst geystumst
þið geysist geystust geysist geystust
þeir, þær, þau geysast geystust geysist geystust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú geyst (þú), geystu
plural þið geysist (þið), geysisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

See also

Further reading

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