leysa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną.

Cognate with Dutch lozen, English loose (from Old Norse lauss), obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan), German lösen; also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Norwegian Bokmål løse/løyse, Norwegian nynorsk løyse/løysa and Swedish lösa.

Pronunciation

Verb

leysa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leysti, supine leyst)

  1. to loosen
    Synonym: losa
  2. to resolve, to solve, to unravel
    Synonyms: ráða, ráða fram úr, finna lausn, finna lausn á
    Ég er að reyna að leysa þetta vandamál.
    I am trying to solve this problem.
  3. to untie, to extricate, unfasten
    Synonym: losa
  4. (impersonal, of snow) with various meanings, e.g. of snow thawing
    Snjóinn leysir. þolfallsfrumlag (“an accusative subject”)
    The snow is thawing.
    Móðurinni leystist höfn. þágufallsfrumlag (“a dative subject”)
    The mother lost her unborn child.

Conjugation

leysa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að leysa
supine
(sagnbót) 		leyst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		leysandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég leysi við leysum present
(nútíð) 		ég leysi við leysum
þú leysir þið leysið þú leysir þið leysið
hann, hún, það leysir þeir, þær, þau leysa hann, hún, það leysi þeir, þær, þau leysi
past
(þátíð) 		ég leysti við leystum past
(þátíð) 		ég leysti við leystum
þú leystir þið leystuð þú leystir þið leystuð
hann, hún, það leysti þeir, þær, þau leystu hann, hún, það leysti þeir, þær, þau leystu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		leys (þú) leysið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
leystu leysiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
leysast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að leysast
supine
(sagnbót) 		leyst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		leysandist **
** 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 leysist við leysumst present
(nútíð) 		ég leysist við leysumst
þú leysist þið leysist þú leysist þið leysist
hann, hún, það leysist þeir, þær, þau leysast hann, hún, það leysist þeir, þær, þau leysist
past
(þátíð) 		ég leystist við leystumst past
(þátíð) 		ég leystist við leystumst
þú leystist þið leystust þú leystist þið leystust
hann, hún, það leystist þeir, þær, þau leystust hann, hún, það leystist þeir, þær, þau leystust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		leyst (þú) leysist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
leystu leysisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
leystur — 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) 		leystur leyst leyst leystir leystar leyst
accusative
(þolfall) 		leystan leysta leyst leysta leystar leyst
dative
(þágufall) 		leystum leystri leystu leystum leystum leystum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		leysts leystrar leysts leystra leystra leystra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		leysti leysta leysta leystu leystu leystu
accusative
(þolfall) 		leysta leystu leysta leystu leystu leystu
dative
(þágufall) 		leysta leystu leysta leystu leystu leystu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		leysta leystu leysta leystu leystu leystu

Derived terms

Wikious
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