sýna

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sýna

Verb

sýna (third person singular past indicative sýndi, supine sýnt)

  1. to show

Conjugation

Conjugation of sýna (group v-1)
infinitive sýna
supine sýnt
participle (a7)1 sýnandi sýndur
present past
first singular sýni sýndi
second singular sýnir sýndi
third singular sýnir sýndi
plural sýna sýndu
imperative
singular sýn!
plural sýnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

"sýna" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sýna.

Verb

sýna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sýndi, supine sýnt)

  1. (ditransitive) to show
    Synonym: birta
    sýna manninum blaðið.
    To show the paper to the man.
  2. (of art) to exhibit
    Hvenær sýnirðu verkin þín?
    When are you going to show your work?
  3. (of a play) to give a performance
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

sýna f

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sýn
Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From sýnn.

Verb

sýna (singular past indicative sýndi, plural past indicative sýndu, past participle sýndr)

  1. to show

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sýna
  • Faroese: sýna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: syna, syne; synast
  • Norwegian Bokmål: synes
  • Old Swedish: sȳna

Further reading

  1. page/425 Internet Archive]