kreppa

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.[1]

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, plural kreppur)

  1. crisis

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kreppa kreppan kreppur kreppurnar
accusative kreppu kreppuna kreppur kreppurnar
dative kreppu kreppuni kreppum kreppunum
genitive kreppu kreppunnar kreppa kreppanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Germanic etymology.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, nominative plural kreppur)

  1. crisis, difficulty
    Synonyms: vandi, vandræði, klípa, klemma
Declension
Declension of kreppa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kreppa kreppan kreppur kreppurnar
accusative kreppu kreppuna kreppur kreppurnar
dative kreppu kreppunni kreppum kreppunum
genitive kreppu kreppunnar kreppa, kreppna kreppanna, kreppnanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.[1] Cognate to English crimp, via Middle English crempen, and to Dutch krimpen, via Middle Dutch crimpen.

Verb

kreppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kreppti, supine kreppt)

  1. to bend tightly, to clench
Conjugation
kleppa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að kleppa
supine
(sagnbót) 		kleppt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		kleppandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég kleppi við kleppum present
(nútíð) 		ég kleppi við kleppum
þú kleppir þið kleppið þú kleppir þið kleppið
hann, hún, það kleppir þeir, þær, þau kleppa hann, hún, það kleppi þeir, þær, þau kleppi
past
(þátíð) 		ég kleppti við klepptum past
(þátíð) 		ég kleppti við klepptum
þú klepptir þið klepptuð þú klepptir þið klepptuð
hann, hún, það kleppti þeir, þær, þau klepptu hann, hún, það kleppti þeir, þær, þau klepptu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		klepp (þú) kleppið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
klepptu kleppiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kleppast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að kleppast
supine
(sagnbót) 		kleppst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		kleppandist **
** 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 kleppist við kleppumst present
(nútíð) 		ég kleppist við kleppumst
þú kleppist þið kleppist þú kleppist þið kleppist
hann, hún, það kleppist þeir, þær, þau kleppast hann, hún, það kleppist þeir, þær, þau kleppist
past
(þátíð) 		ég klepptist við klepptumst past
(þátíð) 		ég klepptist við klepptumst
þú klepptist þið klepptust þú klepptist þið klepptust
hann, hún, það klepptist þeir, þær, þau klepptust hann, hún, það klepptist þeir, þær, þau klepptust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		kleppst (þú) kleppist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kleppstu kleppisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
klepptur — 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) 		klepptur kleppt kleppt klepptir klepptar kleppt
accusative
(þolfall) 		klepptan kleppta kleppt kleppta klepptar kleppt
dative
(þágufall) 		klepptum klepptri klepptu klepptum klepptum klepptum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		kleppts klepptrar kleppts klepptra klepptra klepptra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		kleppti kleppta kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu
accusative
(þolfall) 		kleppta klepptu kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu
dative
(þágufall) 		kleppta klepptu kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		kleppta klepptu kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu

References

  1. ^ Germanic etymology.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *krampijaną, causative of *krimpaną.

Noun

kreppa f (genitive kreppu)

  1. strait, scrape
    Synonym: krepping

Declension

  Declension of kreppa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kreppa kreppan kreppur kreppurnar
accusative kreppu kreppuna kreppur kreppurnar
dative kreppu kreppunni kreppum kreppunum
genitive kreppu kreppunnar kreppna kreppnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kreppa
  • Faroese: kreppa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kreppe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kreppe

Verb

kreppa

  1. to squeeze, press
  2. (impersonal) to cripple (idiomatically translated as "become crippled" with the dative object as the subject)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kreppa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive kreppa
present participle kreppandi
past participle kreptr
indicative present past
1st-person singular kreppi krepta
2nd-person singular kreppir kreptir
3rd-person singular kreppir krepti
1st-person plural kreppum kreptum
2nd-person plural kreppið kreptuð
3rd-person plural kreppa kreptu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular kreppa krepta
2nd-person singular kreppir kreptir
3rd-person singular kreppi krepti
1st-person plural kreppim kreptim
2nd-person plural kreppið kreptið
3rd-person plural kreppi krepti
imperative present
2nd-person singular krepp, kreppi
1st-person plural kreppum
2nd-person plural kreppið
Conjugation of kreppa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive kreppask
present participle kreppandisk
past participle krepsk
indicative present past
1st-person singular kreppumk kreptumk
2nd-person singular kreppisk kreptisk
3rd-person singular kreppisk kreptisk
1st-person plural kreppumsk kreptumsk
2nd-person plural kreppizk kreptuzk
3rd-person plural kreppask kreptusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular kreppumk kreptumk
2nd-person singular kreppisk kreptisk
3rd-person singular kreppisk kreptisk
1st-person plural kreppimsk kreptimsk
2nd-person plural kreppizk kreptizk
3rd-person plural kreppisk kreptisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular krepsk, kreppisk
1st-person plural kreppumsk
2nd-person plural kreppizk

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kreppa1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kreppa2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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