negla

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

negla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative negldi, supine neglt)

  1. to nail
Conjugation
negla — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að negla
supine
(sagnbót) 		neglt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		neglandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég negli við neglum present
(nútíð) 		ég negli við neglum
þú neglir þið neglið þú neglir þið neglið
hann, hún, það neglir þeir, þær, þau negla hann, hún, það negli þeir, þær, þau negli
past
(þátíð) 		ég negldi við negldum past
(þátíð) 		ég negldi við negldum
þú negldir þið neglduð þú negldir þið neglduð
hann, hún, það negldi þeir, þær, þau negldu hann, hún, það negldi þeir, þær, þau negldu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		negl (þú) neglið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
negldu negliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
neglast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að neglast
supine
(sagnbót) 		neglst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		neglandist **
** 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 neglist við neglumst present
(nútíð) 		ég neglist við neglumst
þú neglist þið neglist þú neglist þið neglist
hann, hún, það neglist þeir, þær, þau neglast hann, hún, það neglist þeir, þær, þau neglist
past
(þátíð) 		ég negldist við negldumst past
(þátíð) 		ég negldist við negldumst
þú negldist þið negldust þú negldist þið negldust
hann, hún, það negldist þeir, þær, þau negldust hann, hún, það negldist þeir, þær, þau negldust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		neglst (þú) neglist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
neglstu neglisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
negldur — 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) 		negldur negld neglt negldir negldar negld
accusative
(þolfall) 		negldan neglda neglt neglda negldar negld
dative
(þágufall) 		negldum negldri negldu negldum negldum negldum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		neglds negldrar neglds negldra negldra negldra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		negldi neglda neglda negldu negldu negldu
accusative
(þolfall) 		neglda negldu neglda negldu negldu negldu
dative
(þágufall) 		neglda negldu neglda negldu negldu negldu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		neglda negldu neglda negldu negldu negldu

Etymology 2

Noun

negla f (genitive singular neglu, nominative plural neglur)

  1. stopper, plug
Declension
Declension of negla (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative negla neglan neglur neglurnar
accusative neglu negluna neglur neglurnar
dative neglu neglunni neglum neglunum
genitive neglu neglunnar negla neglanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

negla (present tense neglar or negler, past tense negla or neglde, supine negla or neglt, past participle negla or negld, present participle neglande, imperative negl)

  1. alternative form of nagle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naglijaną.

Verb

negla (past participle negldr)

  1. to nail, to fasten or stud with nails

Conjugation

Conjugation of negla — active (weak class 1)
infinitive negla
present participle neglandi
past participle negldr
indicative present past
1st-person singular negli neglda
2nd-person singular neglir negldir
3rd-person singular neglir negldi
1st-person plural neglum negldum
2nd-person plural neglið neglduð
3rd-person plural negla negldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular negla neglda
2nd-person singular neglir negldir
3rd-person singular negli negldi
1st-person plural neglim negldim
2nd-person plural neglið negldið
3rd-person plural negli negldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular negl, negli
1st-person plural neglum
2nd-person plural neglið
Conjugation of negla — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive neglask
present participle neglandisk
past participle neglzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular neglumk negldumk
2nd-person singular neglisk negldisk
3rd-person singular neglisk negldisk
1st-person plural neglumsk negldumsk
2nd-person plural neglizk neglduzk
3rd-person plural neglask negldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular neglumk negldumk
2nd-person singular neglisk negldisk
3rd-person singular neglisk negldisk
1st-person plural neglimsk negldimsk
2nd-person plural neglizk negldizk
3rd-person plural neglisk negldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular neglsk, neglisk
1st-person plural neglumsk
2nd-person plural neglizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: negla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nagle, nagla, negla, negle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nagle
  • Old Danish: næglæ

References

  • “negla”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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