reisa

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse reisa, from Middle Low German reise.

Noun

reisa f (genitive singular reisu, plural reisur)

  1. journey
  2. time, times
Declension
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reisa reisan reisur reisurnar
accusative reisu reisuna reisur reisurnar
dative reisu reisuni reisum reisunum
genitive reisu reisunnar reisa reisanna
Synonyms

Etymology 2

A merger of ríse, from Old Norse rísa (“rise”) and Old Norse reisa (“raise”). In the sense "go, travel" from Middle Low German reisen.

Verb

reisa (third person singular past indicative reisti, third person plural past indicative reist, supine reist)

  1. to raise, to lever, to lift
  2. to build
  3. to begin
  4. (colloquial) to travel
Conjugation
Conjugation of reisa (group v-2)
infinitive reisa
supine reist
participle (a39)1 reisandi reistur
present past
first singular reisi reisti
second singular reisir reisti
third singular reisir reisti
plural reisa reistu
imperative
singular reis!
plural reisið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

reisa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reisti, supine reist)

  1. (transitive) to build
    það á að reisa nýjan skóla
    a new school is to be built
  2. (transitive) to lift
    ég gat ekki reist höfuðið frá koddanum
    I couldn't lift my head from the pillow

Conjugation

reisa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að reisa
supine
(sagnbót) 		reist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		reisandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég reisi við reisum present
(nútíð) 		ég reisi við reisum
þú reisir þið reisið þú reisir þið reisið
hann, hún, það reisir þeir, þær, þau reisa hann, hún, það reisi þeir, þær, þau reisi
past
(þátíð) 		ég reisti við reistum past
(þátíð) 		ég reisti við reistum
þú reistir þið reistuð þú reistir þið reistuð
hann, hún, það reisti þeir, þær, þau reistu hann, hún, það reisti þeir, þær, þau reistu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		reis (þú) reisið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
reistu reisiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
reisast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að reisast
supine
(sagnbót) 		reist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		reisandist **
** 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 reisist við reisumst present
(nútíð) 		ég reisist við reisumst
þú reisist þið reisist þú reisist þið reisist
hann, hún, það reisist þeir, þær, þau reisast hann, hún, það reisist þeir, þær, þau reisist
past
(þátíð) 		ég reistist við reistumst past
(þátíð) 		ég reistist við reistumst
þú reistist þið reistust þú reistist þið reistust
hann, hún, það reistist þeir, þær, þau reistust hann, hún, það reistist þeir, þær, þau reistust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		reist (þú) reisist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
reistu reisisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
reistur — 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) 		reistur reist reist reistir reistar reist
accusative
(þolfall) 		reistan reista reist reista reistar reist
dative
(þágufall) 		reistum reistri reistu reistum reistum reistum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		reists reistrar reists reistra reistra reistra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		reisti reista reista reistu reistu reistu
accusative
(þolfall) 		reista reistu reista reistu reistu reistu
dative
(þágufall) 		reista reistu reista reistu reistu reistu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		reista reistu reista reistu reistu reistu

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

reisa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of reise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

reisa f

  1. definite singular of reise

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German reisen.

Verb

reisa (present tense reiser, past tense reiste, past participle reist, passive infinitive reisast, present participle reisande, imperative reis)

  1. to travel
  2. to trip (on drugs)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse reisa, causative of rísa.

Verb

reisa (inflections same as above)

  1. to raise, erect
Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

Earliest attested in Proto-Norse ᚱᛡᛁᛋᛁᛞᛟ (rᴀisido /⁠raisidō⁠/) (1st singular past indicative), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative of *rīsaną (rísa). See raise for more.

Verb

reisa

  1. to raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of reisa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive reisa
present participle reisandi
past participle reistr
indicative present past
1st-person singular reisi reista
2nd-person singular reisir reistir
3rd-person singular reisir reisti
1st-person plural reisum reistum
2nd-person plural reisið reistuð
3rd-person plural reisa reistu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular reisa reista
2nd-person singular reisir reistir
3rd-person singular reisi reisti
1st-person plural reisim reistim
2nd-person plural reisið reistið
3rd-person plural reisi reisti
imperative present
2nd-person singular reis, reisi
1st-person plural reisum
2nd-person plural reisið
Conjugation of reisa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive reisask
present participle reisandisk
past participle reiszk
indicative present past
1st-person singular reisumk reistumk
2nd-person singular reisisk reistisk
3rd-person singular reisisk reistisk
1st-person plural reisumsk reistumsk
2nd-person plural reisizk reistuzk
3rd-person plural reisask reistusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular reisumk reistumk
2nd-person singular reisisk reistisk
3rd-person singular reisisk reistisk
1st-person plural reisimsk reistimsk
2nd-person plural reisizk reistizk
3rd-person plural reisisk reistisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular reissk, reisisk
1st-person plural reisumsk
2nd-person plural reisizk

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