From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).
kemba (third person singular past indicative kembdi, third person plural past indicative kembt, supine kembt)
| Conjugation of kemba (group v-1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kemba | |
| supine | kembt | |
| participle (a7)1 | kembandi | kembdur |
| present | past | |
| first singular | kembi | kembdi |
| second singular | kembir | kembdi |
| third singular | kembir | kembdi |
| plural | kemba | kembdu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | kemb! | |
| plural | kembið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).
kemba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kembdi, supine kembt)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kemba | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
kembt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kembandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég kembi | við kembum | present (nútíð) |
ég kembi | við kembum |
| þú kembir | þið kembið | þú kembir | þið kembið | ||
| hann, hún, það kembir | þeir, þær, þau kemba | hann, hún, það kembi | þeir, þær, þau kembi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég kembdi | við kembdum | past (þátíð) |
ég kembdi | við kembdum |
| þú kembdir | þið kembduð | þú kembdir | þið kembduð | ||
| hann, hún, það kembdi | þeir, þær, þau kembdu | hann, hún, það kembdi | þeir, þær, þau kembdu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
kemb (þú) | kembið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| kembdu | kembiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kembast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
kembst | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kembandist ** ** 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 kembist | við kembumst | present (nútíð) |
ég kembist | við kembumst |
| þú kembist | þið kembist | þú kembist | þið kembist | ||
| hann, hún, það kembist | þeir, þær, þau kembast | hann, hún, það kembist | þeir, þær, þau kembist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég kembdist | við kembdumst | past (þátíð) |
ég kembdist | við kembdumst |
| þú kembdist | þið kembdust | þú kembdist | þið kembdust | ||
| hann, hún, það kembdist | þeir, þær, þau kembdust | hann, hún, það kembdist | þeir, þær, þau kembdust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
kembst (þú) | kembist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| kembstu | kembisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
kembdur | kembd | kembt | kembdir | kembdar | kembd | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
kembdan | kembda | kembt | kembda | kembdar | kembd | |
| dative (þágufall) |
kembdum | kembdri | kembdu | kembdum | kembdum | kembdum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
kembds | kembdrar | kembds | kembdra | kembdra | kembdra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
kembdi | kembda | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
kembda | kembdu | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
kembda | kembdu | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
kembda | kembdu | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu | |
From Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (itself from the Germanic root of kambr, Proto-Germanic *kambaz), whence also Old English cemban (English kemb), Old High German kemben, chempan (German kämmen).
kemba