veigra

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish vægre (“to refuse, to decline”).

Pronunciation

Verb

veigra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veigraði, supine veigrað)

  1. Used only in set phrases.

Conjugation

veigra — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að veigra
supine
(sagnbót) 		veigrað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		veigrandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég veigra við veigrum present
(nútíð) 		ég veigri við veigrum
þú veigrar þið veigrið þú veigrir þið veigrið
hann, hún, það veigrar þeir, þær, þau veigra hann, hún, það veigri þeir, þær, þau veigri
past
(þátíð) 		ég veigraði við veigruðum past
(þátíð) 		ég veigraði við veigruðum
þú veigraðir þið veigruðuð þú veigraðir þið veigruðuð
hann, hún, það veigraði þeir, þær, þau veigruðu hann, hún, það veigraði þeir, þær, þau veigruðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		veigra (þú) veigrið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
veigraðu veigriði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

  • veigra sér við (“to be unwilling to do something, to try to evade doing something”)
  • veigrun (“reluctance, unwillingness”)
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