svæfa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svæfa, from Proto-Germanic *swēbjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

svæfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svæfði, supine svæft)

  1. to lull to sleep, to make sleepy
  2. (medicine) to anesthetize

Conjugation

svæfa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur svæfa
supine sagnbót svæft
present participle
svæfandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég svæfi svæfði svæfi svæfði
þú svæfir svæfðir svæfir svæfðir
hann, hún, það svæfir svæfði svæfi svæfði
plural við svæfum svæfðum svæfum svæfðum
þið svæfið svæfðuð svæfið svæfðuð
þeir, þær, þau svæfa svæfðu svæfi svæfðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú svæf (þú), svæfðu
plural þið svæfið (þið), svæfiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
svæfast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur svæfast
supine sagnbót svæfst
present participle
svæfandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég svæfist svæfðist svæfist svæfðist
þú svæfist svæfðist svæfist svæfðist
hann, hún, það svæfist svæfðist svæfist svæfðist
plural við svæfumst svæfðumst svæfumst svæfðumst
þið svæfist svæfðust svæfist svæfðust
þeir, þær, þau svæfast svæfðust svæfist svæfðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú svæfst (þú), svæfstu
plural þið svæfist (þið), svæfisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
svæfður — 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)
svæfður svæfð svæft svæfðir svæfðar svæfð
accusative
(þolfall)
svæfðan svæfða svæft svæfða svæfðar svæfð
dative
(þágufall)
svæfðum svæfðri svæfðu svæfðum svæfðum svæfðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
svæfðs svæfðrar svæfðs svæfðra svæfðra svæfðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
svæfði svæfða svæfða svæfðu svæfðu svæfðu
accusative
(þolfall)
svæfða svæfðu svæfða svæfðu svæfðu svæfðu
dative
(þágufall)
svæfða svæfðu svæfða svæfðu svæfðu svæfðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
svæfða svæfðu svæfða svæfðu svæfðu svæfðu

Derived terms