gjóta

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gjóta, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną. Cognate with Swedish gjuta, Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk gyte, Danish gyde, Old English ġēotan, Dutch gieten.

Verb

gjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gaut, third-person plural past indicative gutu, supine gotið)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to spawn, to give birth to
Conjugation
gjóta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að gjóta
supine
(sagnbót) 		gotið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		gjótandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég gýt við gjótum present
(nútíð) 		ég gjóti við gjótum
þú gýtur þið gjótið þú gjótir þið gjótið
hann, hún, það gýtur þeir, þær, þau gjóta hann, hún, það gjóti þeir, þær, þau gjóti
past
(þátíð) 		ég gaut við gutum past
(þátíð) 		ég gyti við gytum
þú gaust þið gutuð þú gytir þið gytuð
hann, hún, það gaut þeir, þær, þau gutu hann, hún, það gyti þeir, þær, þau gytu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		gjót (þú) gjótið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gjóttu gjótiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
gotinn — 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) 		gotinn gotin gotið gotnir gotnar gotin
accusative
(þolfall) 		gotinn gotna gotið gotna gotnar gotin
dative
(þágufall) 		gotnum gotinni gotnu gotnum gotnum gotnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		gotins gotinnar gotins gotinna gotinna gotinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		gotni gotna gotna gotnu gotnu gotnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		gotna gotnu gotna gotnu gotnu gotnu
dative
(þágufall) 		gotna gotnu gotna gotnu gotnu gotnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		gotna gotnu gotna gotnu gotnu gotnu
Synonyms
  • (to give birth to): ala

Etymology 2

Noun

gjóta f (genitive singular gjótu, nominative plural gjótur)

  1. hollow, hole
Declension
Declension of gjóta (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjóta gjótan gjótur gjóturnar
accusative gjótu gjótuna gjótur gjóturnar
dative gjótu gjótunni gjótum gjótunum
genitive gjótu gjótunnar gjóta, gjótna gjótanna, gjótnanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Verb

gjóta (singular past indicative gaut, plural past indicative gutu, past participle gotinn)

  1. to pour
  2. to cast
  3. (by extension) to spawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of gjóta — active (strong class 2)
infinitive gjóta
present participle gjótandi
past participle gotinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular gýt gaus
2nd-person singular gýtr gauzt
3rd-person singular gýtr gaus
1st-person plural gjótum gutum
2nd-person plural gjótið gutuð
3rd-person plural gjóta gutu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gjóta gyta
2nd-person singular gjótir gytir
3rd-person singular gjóti gyti
1st-person plural gjótim gytim
2nd-person plural gjótið gytið
3rd-person plural gjóti gyti
imperative present
2nd-person singular gjót
1st-person plural gjótum
2nd-person plural gjótið
Conjugation of gjóta — mediopassive (strong class 2)
infinitive gjótask
present participle gjótandisk
past participle gotizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular gjótumk gutumk
2nd-person singular gýzk gauzk
3rd-person singular gýzk gauzk
1st-person plural gjótumsk gutumsk
2nd-person plural gjótizk gutuzk
3rd-person plural gjótask gutusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gjótumk gytumk
2nd-person singular gjótisk gytisk
3rd-person singular gjótisk gytisk
1st-person plural gjótimsk gytimsk
2nd-person plural gjótizk gytizk
3rd-person plural gjótisk gytisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular gýzk
1st-person plural gjótumsk
2nd-person plural gjótizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gjóta
  • Faroese: gýta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjota, gyta
  • Dalian:
  • Old Swedish: giūta
  • Danish: gyde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gyte
  • Gutnish: giauta

References

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