sissa

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Faroese

Verb

sissa (third person singular past indicative sissaði, third person plural past indicative sissaðu, supine sissað)

  1. to calm down, to reassure, to soothe

Usage notes

  • sissa teg! - calm down!
  • sissa seg - to calm down
  • sissast (reflexive) - to calm down
  • (reflexive past tense) fólkið sissaðist aftur - the people calmed down again

Conjugation

Conjugation of sissa (group v-30)
infinitive sissa
supine sissað
present past
first singular sissi sissaði
second singular sissar sissaði
third singular sissar sissaði
plural sissa sissaðu
participle (a6)1 sissandi sissaður
imperative
singular sissa!
plural sissið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessijaną.

Verb

sissa

  1. (transitive) to seat

Conjugation

Conjugation of sissa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive sissa
present participle sissandi
past participle sissaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sissa sissaða sissa sissaða
2nd person singular sissar sissaðir sissir sissaðir
3rd person singular sissar sissaði sissi sissaði
1st person plural sissum sissuðum sissim sissaðim
2nd person plural sissið sissuðuð sissið sissaðið
3rd person plural sissa sissuðu sissi sissaði
imperative present
2nd person singular sissa
1st person plural sissum
2nd person plural sissið
Conjugation of sissa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive sissask
present participle sissandisk
past participle sissazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sissumk sissuðumk sissumk sissuðumk
2nd person singular sissask sissaðisk sissisk sissaðisk
3rd person singular sissask sissaðisk sissisk sissaðisk
1st person plural sissumsk sissuðumsk sissimsk sissaðimsk
2nd person plural sissizk sissuðuzk sissizk sissaðizk
3rd person plural sissask sissuðusk sissisk sissaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular sissask
1st person plural sissumsk
2nd person plural sissizk

Descendants

  • Faroese: sissa
  • Icelandic: sissa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sessa, sesse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sesse