splæsa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish splejse, from English splice and Dutch splitten.

The meaning of paying for someone else comes from taking the other person's receipt and "splicing" it to yours.[1]

Verb

splæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative splæsti, supine splæst)

  1. to splice (to join cables together)
  2. (informal) to pay for someone else, to treat
    Ég splæsi! ― My treat!
  3. (construed with á) (informal) to pay for someone else, to treat
    Ég splæsi á þig bjór. ― A beer? It's on me.
  4. (construed with í) (informal) to splurge on something, to purchase something relatively expensive
    Ég splæsti í nýjan bíl. ― I splurged on a new car.

Conjugation

splæsa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að splæsa
supine
(sagnbót) 		splæst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		splæsandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég splæsi við splæsum present
(nútíð) 		ég splæsi við splæsum
þú splæsir þið splæsið þú splæsir þið splæsið
hann, hún, það splæsir þeir, þær, þau splæsa hann, hún, það splæsi þeir, þær, þau splæsi
past
(þátíð) 		ég splæsti við splæstum past
(þátíð) 		ég splæsti við splæstum
þú splæstir þið splæstuð þú splæstir þið splæstuð
hann, hún, það splæsti þeir, þær, þau splæstu hann, hún, það splæsti þeir, þær, þau splæstu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		splæs (þú) splæsið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
splæstu splæsiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
splæsast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að splæsast
supine
(sagnbót) 		splæst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		splæsandist **
** 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 splæsist við splæsumst present
(nútíð) 		ég splæsist við splæsumst
þú splæsist þið splæsist þú splæsist þið splæsist
hann, hún, það splæsist þeir, þær, þau splæsast hann, hún, það splæsist þeir, þær, þau splæsist
past
(þátíð) 		ég splæstist við splæstumst past
(þátíð) 		ég splæstist við splæstumst
þú splæstist þið splæstust þú splæstist þið splæstust
hann, hún, það splæstist þeir, þær, þau splæstust hann, hún, það splæstist þeir, þær, þau splæstust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		splæst (þú) splæsist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
splæstu splæsisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
splæstur — 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) 		splæstur splæst splæst splæstir splæstar splæst
accusative
(þolfall) 		splæstan splæsta splæst splæsta splæstar splæst
dative
(þágufall) 		splæstum splæstri splæstu splæstum splæstum splæstum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		splæsts splæstrar splæsts splæstra splæstra splæstra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		splæsti splæsta splæsta splæstu splæstu splæstu
accusative
(þolfall) 		splæsta splæstu splæsta splæstu splæstu splæstu
dative
(þágufall) 		splæsta splæstu splæsta splæstu splæstu splæstu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		splæsta splæstu splæsta splæstu splæstu splæstu

References

  1. ^ Guðrún Kvaran. (2018) “Hvernig er hægt að 'splæsa' á aðra?”, in Vísindavefurinn‎
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