vaska

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See also: väska and vaskā

Esperanto

Adjective

vaska (accusative singular vaskan, plural vaskaj, accusative plural vaskajn)

  1. Basque (of or pertaining to the Basque people)

Synonyms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

vaska (third person singular past indicative vaskaði, third person plural past indicative vaskaðu, supine vaskað)

  1. to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaska (group v-30)
infinitive vaska
supine vaskað
participle (a6)1 vaskandi vaskaður
present past
first singular vaski vaskaði
second singular vaskar vaskaði
third singular vaskar vaskaði
plural vaska vaskaðu
imperative
singular vaska!
plural vaskið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

Verb

vaska

  1. to wash

Conjugation

vaska — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að vaska
supine
(sagnbót) 		vaskað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		vaskandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég vaska við vöskum present
(nútíð) 		ég vaski við vöskum
þú vaskar þið vaskið þú vaskir þið vaskið
hann, hún, það vaskar þeir, þær, þau vaska hann, hún, það vaski þeir, þær, þau vaski
past
(þátíð) 		ég vaskaði við vöskuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég vaskaði við vöskuðum
þú vaskaðir þið vöskuðuð þú vaskaðir þið vöskuðuð
hann, hún, það vaskaði þeir, þær, þau vöskuðu hann, hún, það vaskaði þeir, þær, þau vöskuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		vaska (þú) vaskið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
vaskaðu vaskiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
vaskast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að vaskast
supine
(sagnbót) 		vaskast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		vaskandist **
** 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 vaskast við vöskumst present
(nútíð) 		ég vaskist við vöskumst
þú vaskast þið vaskist þú vaskist þið vaskist
hann, hún, það vaskast þeir, þær, þau vaskast hann, hún, það vaskist þeir, þær, þau vaskist
past
(þátíð) 		ég vaskaðist við vöskuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég vaskaðist við vöskuðumst
þú vaskaðist þið vöskuðust þú vaskaðist þið vöskuðust
hann, hún, það vaskaðist þeir, þær, þau vöskuðust hann, hún, það vaskaðist þeir, þær, þau vöskuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		vaskast (þú) vaskist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
vaskastu vaskisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
vaskaður — 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) 		vaskaður vöskuð vaskað vaskaðir vaskaðar vöskuð
accusative
(þolfall) 		vaskaðan vaskaða vaskað vaskaða vaskaðar vöskuð
dative
(þágufall) 		vöskuðum vaskaðri vöskuðu vöskuðum vöskuðum vöskuðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		vaskaðs vaskaðrar vaskaðs vaskaðra vaskaðra vaskaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		vaskaði vaskaða vaskaða vöskuðu vöskuðu vöskuðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		vaskaða vöskuðu vaskaða vöskuðu vöskuðu vöskuðu
dative
(þágufall) 		vaskaða vöskuðu vaskaða vöskuðu vöskuðu vöskuðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		vaskaða vöskuðu vaskaða vöskuðu vöskuðu vöskuðu

Derived terms

Noun

vaska

  1. inflection of vaskur:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

Latvian

Noun

vaska m

  1. genitive singular of vasks

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

vaska

  1. simple past of vaske
  2. past participle of vaske

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vaska.

Verb

vaska (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaska/vask)

  1. to wash (something, someone, oneself (reflexive))

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Russenorsk: vaskom

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”). Compare Old English wascan, Old Frisian waska, Old Saxon waskan, Old High German wascan, waskan.

Verb

vaska (singular past indicative vaskaði, plural past indicative vǫskuðu, past participle vaskaðr)

  1. to wash

Descendants

References

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

Verb

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

  1. to wash
    Synonyms: tvätta, diska, rengöra, byka
  2. to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan
    Har du någonsin vaskat guld?
    Have you ever washed gold?
  3. (informal) to get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material
    Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?
    Have you been able to find something about the suspect (from all information available)?
Conjugation
Conjugation of vaska (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vaska vaskas
Supine vaskat vaskats
Imperative vaska —
Imper. plural1 vasken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative vaskar vaskade vaskas vaskades
Ind. plural1 vaska vaskade vaskas vaskades
Subjunctive2 vaske vaskade vaskes vaskades
Participles
Present participle vaskande
Past participle vaskad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From vask (“a sink”) +‎ -a.

Verb

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)

  1. (slang) to buy (expensive) champagne (at a restaurant) and pour it (or have it poured) down the drain (to flaunt wealth)
  2. (slang, by extension) to buy anything and deliberately destroy it (to flaunt wealth)
Conjugation
Conjugation of vaska (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive vaska vaskas
Supine vaskat vaskats
Imperative vaska —
Imper. plural1 vasken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative vaskar vaskade vaskas vaskades
Ind. plural1 vaska vaskade vaskas vaskades
Subjunctive2 vaske vaskade vaskes vaskades
Participles
Present participle vaskande
Past participle vaskad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
  • stekare (“member of the upper class with flashy lifestyle”)

References

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