hýsa

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See also: HYSA and hysa

Faroese

hýsa - haddock

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ýsa, from Proto-Germanic *eusjǭ, with the same prefixed h- as in Norwegian Nynorsk hyse and Norn hoissa.

Noun

hýsa f (genitive singular hýsu, plural hýsur)

  1. haddock
Declension
Declension of hýsa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hýsa hýsan hýsur hýsurnar
accusative hýsu hýsuna hýsur hýsurnar
dative hýsu hýsuni hýsum hýsunum
genitive hýsu hýsunnar hýsa hýsanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hýsa.

Verb

hýsa (third person singular past indicative hýsti, third person plural past indicative hýst, supine hýst)

  1. to house, to host, to accommodate
Conjugation
Conjugation of hýsa (group v-2)
infinitive hýsa
supine hýst
participle (a39)1 hýsandi hýstur
present past
first singular hýsi hýsti
second singular hýsir hýsti
third singular hýsir hýsti
plural hýsa hýstu
imperative
singular hýs!
plural hýsið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
Derived terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

hýsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hýsti, supine hýst)

  1. to house, to host, to accommodate
  2. (computing, Internet) to host (to run software made available to a remote user or process)

Conjugation

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