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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish støtte (“pillar, statue, aid”), from Middle Low German stutte (“support; staff, stick”).

Noun

stytta f (genitive singular styttu, nominative plural styttur)

  1. (obsolete) a pillar or pedestal
  2. a statue
  3. help, aid, support
Declension
Declension of stytta (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stytta styttan styttur stytturnar
accusative styttu styttuna styttur stytturnar
dative styttu styttunni styttum styttunum
genitive styttu styttunnar styttna, stytta styttnanna, styttanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stytta (earlier stynta), from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną (from *stunti-, *stuntu- “short”, whence Old Norse stuttr, Icelandic stuttur (“short”).).

Verb

stytta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stytti, supine stytt)

  1. to shorten
  2. to fold up (a long garment such a skirt or pants)
  3. (mathematics) to reduce, to simplify (a fraction)
Conjugation
stytta – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að stytta
supine sagnbót stytt
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 styttandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég stytti stytti stytti stytti
þú styttir styttir styttir styttir
hann, hún, það styttir stytti stytti stytti
plural við styttum styttum styttum styttum
þið styttið styttuð styttið styttuð
þeir, þær, þau stytta styttu stytti styttu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú stytt (þú), styttu
plural þið styttið (þið), styttiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
styttast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að styttast
supine sagnbót styst
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 styttandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég styttist styttist styttist styttist
þú styttist styttist styttist styttist
hann, hún, það styttist styttist styttist styttist
plural við styttumst styttumst styttumst styttumst
þið styttist styttust styttist styttust
þeir, þær, þau styttast styttust styttist styttust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú styst (þú), stystu
plural þið styttist (þið), styttisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
styttur — 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) 		styttur stytt stytt styttir styttar stytt
accusative
(þolfall) 		styttan stytta stytt stytta styttar stytt
dative
(þágufall) 		styttum styttri styttu styttum styttum styttum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		stytts styttrar stytts styttra styttra styttra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		stytti stytta stytta styttu styttu styttu
accusative
(þolfall) 		stytta styttu stytta styttu styttu styttu
dative
(þágufall) 		stytta styttu stytta styttu styttu styttu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		stytta styttu stytta styttu styttu styttu
Derived terms

References

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