skelfa

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

skelfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skelfdi, supine skelft)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to frighten

Conjugation

skelfa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að skelfa
supine
(sagnbót) 		skelft
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		skelfandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég skelfi við skelfum present
(nútíð) 		ég skelfi við skelfum
þú skelfir þið skelfið þú skelfir þið skelfið
hann, hún, það skelfir þeir, þær, þau skelfa hann, hún, það skelfi þeir, þær, þau skelfi
past
(þátíð) 		ég skelfdi við skelfdum past
(þátíð) 		ég skelfdi við skelfdum
þú skelfdir þið skelfduð þú skelfdir þið skelfduð
hann, hún, það skelfdi þeir, þær, þau skelfdu hann, hún, það skelfdi þeir, þær, þau skelfdu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		skelf (þú) skelfið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
skelfdu skelfiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
skelfast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að skelfast
supine
(sagnbót) 		skelfst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		skelfandist **
** 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 skelfist við skelfumst present
(nútíð) 		ég skelfist við skelfumst
þú skelfist þið skelfist þú skelfist þið skelfist
hann, hún, það skelfist þeir, þær, þau skelfast hann, hún, það skelfist þeir, þær, þau skelfist
past
(þátíð) 		ég skelfdist við skelfdumst past
(þátíð) 		ég skelfdist við skelfdumst
þú skelfdist þið skelfdust þú skelfdist þið skelfdust
hann, hún, það skelfdist þeir, þær, þau skelfdust hann, hún, það skelfdist þeir, þær, þau skelfdust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		skelfst (þú) skelfist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
skelfstu skelfisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
skelfdur — 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) 		skelfdur skelfd skelft skelfdir skelfdar skelfd
accusative
(þolfall) 		skelfdan skelfda skelft skelfda skelfdar skelfd
dative
(þágufall) 		skelfdum skelfdri skelfdu skelfdum skelfdum skelfdum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		skelfds skelfdrar skelfds skelfdra skelfdra skelfdra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		skelfdi skelfda skelfda skelfdu skelfdu skelfdu
accusative
(þolfall) 		skelfda skelfdu skelfda skelfdu skelfdu skelfdu
dative
(þágufall) 		skelfda skelfdu skelfda skelfdu skelfdu skelfdu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		skelfda skelfdu skelfda skelfdu skelfdu skelfdu

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