gleppa

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Faroese

Verb

gleppa (third person singular past indicative glapp, third person plural past indicative gluppu, supine gloppið)

  1. to slip

Conjugation

Conjugation of gleppa (group v-49pp)
infinitive gleppa
supine gloppið
participle (a34)1 gleppandi gloppin
present past
first singular gleppi glapp
second singular gleppur glapst
third singular gleppur glapp
plural gleppa gluppu
imperative
singular glepp!
plural gleppið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

gleppa (present tense glepp, past tense glapp, past participle gloppe, passive infinitive gleppast, present participle gleppande, imperative glepp)

  1. to slip, slip out of
    • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge:
      ...men daa glapp Foten hass, so han dreiv att aa Bak,...
      ...but then his foot slipped, so that he fell backwards...
  2. to fail

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