lyfta

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Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪɸta/, /ˈlɪfta/, /ˈlɪʰta/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lyfta (third person singular past indicative lyfti, third person plural past indicative lyft, supine lyft)

  1. to lift, raise
  2. to repay
Conjugation
Conjugation of lyfta (group v-9st)
infinitive lyfta
supine lyft
participle (a5)1 lyftandi lyftur
present past
first singular lyfti lyfti
second singular lyftir lyfti
third singular lyftir lyfti
plural lyfta lyftu
imperative
singular lyft!
plural lyftið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

lyfta f (genitive singular lyftu, plural lyftur)

  1. lift, elevator
Declension
Declension of lyfta
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lyfta lyftan lyftur lyfturnar
accusative lyftu lyftuna lyftur lyfturnar
dative lyftu lyftuni lyftum lyftunum
genitive lyftu lyftunnar lyfta lyftanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną. More at lift.

Pronunciation

Verb

lyfta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lyfti, supine lyft)

  1. to lift, to raise

Conjugation

lyfta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að lyfta
supine
(sagnbót) 		lyft
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		lyftandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég lyfti við lyftum present
(nútíð) 		ég lyfti við lyftum
þú lyftir þið lyftið þú lyftir þið lyftið
hann, hún, það lyftir þeir, þær, þau lyfta hann, hún, það lyfti þeir, þær, þau lyfti
past
(þátíð) 		ég lyfti við lyftum past
(þátíð) 		ég lyfti við lyftum
þú lyftir þið lyftuð þú lyftir þið lyftuð
hann, hún, það lyfti þeir, þær, þau lyftu hann, hún, það lyfti þeir, þær, þau lyftu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		lyft (þú) lyftið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
lyftu lyftiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
lyftast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að lyftast
supine
(sagnbót) 		lyfst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		lyftandist **
** 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 lyftist við lyftumst present
(nútíð) 		ég lyftist við lyftumst
þú lyftist þið lyftist þú lyftist þið lyftist
hann, hún, það lyftist þeir, þær, þau lyftast hann, hún, það lyftist þeir, þær, þau lyftist
past
(þátíð) 		ég lyftist við lyftumst past
(þátíð) 		ég lyftist við lyftumst
þú lyftist þið lyftust þú lyftist þið lyftust
hann, hún, það lyftist þeir, þær, þau lyftust hann, hún, það lyftist þeir, þær, þau lyftust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		lyfst (þú) lyftist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
lyfstu lyftisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

Noun

lyfta f (genitive singular lyftu, nominative plural lyftur)

  1. elevator, lift

Declension

declension of lyfta
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lyfta lyftan lyftur lyfturnar
accusative lyftu lyftuna lyftur lyfturnar
dative lyftu lyftunni lyftum lyftunum
genitive lyftu lyftunnar lyfta lyftanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lyfta, lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną. Akin to English lift.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

lyfta (present tense lyftar or lyfter, past tense lyfta or lyfte, past participle lyfta or lyft, present participle lyftande, imperative lyft)

  1. to lift, raise
Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

lyfta n

  1. definite plural of lyft

References

Old Norse

Verb

lyfta (singular past indicative lyfti, plural past indicative lyftu, past participle lyftr)

  1. Alternative spelling of lypta

Conjugation

Conjugation of lyfta — active (weak class 1)
infinitive lyfta
present participle lyftandi
past participle lyftr
indicative present past
1st-person singular lyfti lyfta
2nd-person singular lyftir lyftir
3rd-person singular lyftir lyfti
1st-person plural lyftum lyftum
2nd-person plural lyftið lyftuð
3rd-person plural lyfta lyftu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular lyfta lyfta
2nd-person singular lyftir lyftir
3rd-person singular lyfti lyfti
1st-person plural lyftim lyftim
2nd-person plural lyftið lyftið
3rd-person plural lyfti lyfti
imperative present
2nd-person singular lyft, lyfti
1st-person plural lyftum
2nd-person plural lyftið
Conjugation of lyfta — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive lyftask
present participle lyftandisk
past participle lyfzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular lyftumk lyftumk
2nd-person singular lyftisk lyftisk
3rd-person singular lyftisk lyftisk
1st-person plural lyftumsk lyftumsk
2nd-person plural lyftizk lyftuzk
3rd-person plural lyftask lyftusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular lyftumk lyftumk
2nd-person singular lyftisk lyftisk
3rd-person singular lyftisk lyftisk
1st-person plural lyftimsk lyftimsk
2nd-person plural lyftizk lyftizk
3rd-person plural lyftisk lyftisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular lyfzk, lyftisk
1st-person plural lyftumsk
2nd-person plural lyftizk

Participle

lyfta

  1. strong feminine accusative singular of lyftr
  2. strong masculine accusative plural of lyftr
  3. weak masculine oblique cases singular of lyftr
  4. weak feminine nominative singular of lyftr
  5. weak neuter all cases singular of lyftr

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Adjective

lyfta

  1. inflection of lyft:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lypta, from Old Norse lypta, Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lyfta (present lyfter, preterite lyfte, supine lyft, imperative lyft)

  1. to lift; to move something upwards
Conjugation
Conjugation of lyfta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lyfta lyftas
Supine lyft lyfts
Imperative lyft —
Imper. plural1 lyften —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lyfter lyfte lyfts, lyftes lyftes
Ind. plural1 lyfta lyfte lyftas lyftes
Subjunctive2 lyfte lyfte lyftes lyftes
Participles
Present participle lyftande
Past participle lyft
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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