telja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb

telja (third person singular past indicative taldi, third person plural past indicative talt, supine talt)

  1. to count
  2. to tell

Conjugation

Conjugation of telja (group v-18)
infinitive telja
supine talt
participle (a7)1 teljandi taldur
present past
first singular telji taldi
second singular telur taldi
third singular telur taldi
plural telja taldu
imperative
singular tel!
plural teljið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

See also

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

telja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative taldi, supine talið)

  1. to count
    Hún kann að telja upp að tíu á japönsku.
    She can count to ten in Japanese.
  2. to believe, think
    Synonyms: halda, hyggja

Conjugation

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telja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að telja
supine
(sagnbót) 		talið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		teljandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég tel við teljum present
(nútíð) 		ég telji við teljum
þú telur þið teljið þú teljir þið teljið
hann, hún, það telur þeir, þær, þau telja hann, hún, það telji þeir, þær, þau telji
past
(þátíð) 		ég taldi við töldum past
(þátíð) 		ég teldi við teldum
þú taldir þið tölduð þú teldir þið telduð
hann, hún, það taldi þeir, þær, þau töldu hann, hún, það teldi þeir, þær, þau teldu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		tel (þú) teljið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
teldu teljiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
teljast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að teljast
supine
(sagnbót) 		talist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		teljandist **
** 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 telst við teljumst present
(nútíð) 		ég teljist við teljumst
þú telst þið teljist þú teljist þið teljist
hann, hún, það telst þeir, þær, þau teljast hann, hún, það teljist þeir, þær, þau teljist
past
(þátíð) 		ég taldist við töldumst past
(þátíð) 		ég teldist við teldumst
þú taldist þið töldust þú teldist þið teldust
hann, hún, það taldist þeir, þær, þau töldust hann, hún, það teldist þeir, þær, þau teldust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		telst (þú) telist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
telstu telisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
talinn — 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) 		talinn talin talið taldir taldar talin
accusative
(þolfall) 		talinn talda talið talda taldar talin
dative
(þágufall) 		töldum talinni töldu töldum töldum töldum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		talins talinnar talins talinna talinna talinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		taldi talda talda töldu töldu töldu
accusative
(þolfall) 		talda töldu talda töldu töldu töldu
dative
(þágufall) 		talda töldu talda töldu töldu töldu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		talda töldu talda töldu töldu töldu

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

telja (present tense tel, past tense talde, past participle talt, passive infinitive teljast, present participle teljande, imperative tel)

  1. to count

Etymology 2

May be comparable with Icelandic tölva and Faroese telda.

Noun

telja

  1. (High Norwegian) computer

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count, tell”). Cognate with Old English tellan, Old Frisian tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old High German zellen.

Verb

telja (singular past indicative taldi, plural past indicative tǫldu, past participle taldr or taliðr)

  1. to count, number
  2. to tell, say
  3. to reckon, consider

Conjugation

Conjugation of telja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive telja
present participle teljandi
past participle taldr, taliðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular tel talda
2nd-person singular telr taldir
3rd-person singular telr taldi
1st-person plural teljum tǫldum
2nd-person plural telið tǫlduð
3rd-person plural telja tǫldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular telja telda
2nd-person singular telir teldir
3rd-person singular teli teldi
1st-person plural telim teldim
2nd-person plural telið teldið
3rd-person plural teli teldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular tel
1st-person plural teljum
2nd-person plural telið
Conjugation of telja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive teljask
present participle teljandisk
past participle talzk, talizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular teljumk tǫldumk
2nd-person singular telsk taldisk
3rd-person singular telsk taldisk
1st-person plural teljumsk tǫldumsk
2nd-person plural telizk tǫlduzk
3rd-person plural teljask tǫldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular teljumk teldumk
2nd-person singular telisk teldisk
3rd-person singular telisk teldisk
1st-person plural telimsk teldimsk
2nd-person plural telizk teldizk
3rd-person plural telisk teldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular telsk
1st-person plural teljumsk
2nd-person plural telizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: telja
  • Faroese: telja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: telja
  • Old Swedish: tælia
  • Danish: tælle

References

  • “telja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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