velja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

velja (third person singular past indicative valdi, third person plural past indicative valdu, supine valt)

  1. to choose
  2. to elect

Conjugation

Conjugation of velja (group v-18)
infinitive velja
supine valt
participle (a7)1 veljandi valdur
present past
first singular velji valdi
second singular velur valdi
third singular velur valdi
plural velja valdu
imperative
singular vel!
plural veljið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation

Verb

velja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdi, supine valið)

  1. to choose, to select

Conjugation

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velja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að velja
supine
(sagnbót) 		valið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		veljandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég vel við veljum present
(nútíð) 		ég velji við veljum
þú velur þið veljið þú veljir þið veljið
hann, hún, það velur þeir, þær, þau velja hann, hún, það velji þeir, þær, þau velji
past
(þátíð) 		ég valdi við völdum past
(þátíð) 		ég veldi við veldum
þú valdir þið völduð þú veldir þið velduð
hann, hún, það valdi þeir, þær, þau völdu hann, hún, það veldi þeir, þær, þau veldu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		vel (þú) veljið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
veldu veljiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
veljast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að veljast
supine
(sagnbót) 		valist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		veljandist **
** 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 velst við veljumst present
(nútíð) 		ég veljist við veljumst
þú velst þið veljist þú veljist þið veljist
hann, hún, það velst þeir, þær, þau veljast hann, hún, það veljist þeir, þær, þau veljist
past
(þátíð) 		ég valdist við völdumst past
(þátíð) 		ég veldist við veldumst
þú valdist þið völdust þú veldist þið veldust
hann, hún, það valdist þeir, þær, þau völdust hann, hún, það veldist þeir, þær, þau veldust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		velst (þú) velist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
velstu velisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
valinn — 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) 		valinn valin valið valdir valdar valin
accusative
(þolfall) 		valinn valda valið valda valdar valin
dative
(þágufall) 		völdum valinni völdu völdum völdum völdum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		valins valinnar valins valinna valinna valinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		valdi valda valda völdu völdu völdu
accusative
(þolfall) 		valda völdu valda völdu völdu völdu
dative
(þágufall) 		valda völdu valda völdu völdu völdu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		valda völdu valda völdu völdu völdu

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation

Verb

velja (present tense vel, past tense valde, past participle valt, passive infinitive veljast, present participle veljande, imperative vel)

  1. choose, pick
    Kva for ein vel du?
    Which one do you choose?
  2. elect
    Om hausten valde dei eit nytt parlament.
    In the autumn, they elected a new parliament.

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waljaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₁-.

Verb

velja (singular past indicative valdi, plural past indicative vǫldu, past participle valdr or valiðr or valinn)

  1. to choose, to select
    Synonym: kjósa

Conjugation

Conjugation of velja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive velja
present participle veljandi
past participle valdr, valiðr, valinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular vel valda
2nd-person singular velr valdir
3rd-person singular velr valdi
1st-person plural veljum vǫldum
2nd-person plural velið vǫlduð
3rd-person plural velja vǫldu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular velja velda
2nd-person singular velir veldir
3rd-person singular veli veldi
1st-person plural velim veldim
2nd-person plural velið veldið
3rd-person plural veli veldi
imperative present
2nd-person singular vel
1st-person plural veljum
2nd-person plural velið
Conjugation of velja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive veljask
present participle veljandisk
past participle valzk, valizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular veljumk vǫldumk
2nd-person singular velsk valdisk
3rd-person singular velsk valdisk
1st-person plural veljumsk vǫldumsk
2nd-person plural velizk vǫlduzk
3rd-person plural veljask vǫldusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular veljumk veldumk
2nd-person singular velisk veldisk
3rd-person singular velisk veldisk
1st-person plural velimsk veldimsk
2nd-person plural velizk veldizk
3rd-person plural velisk veldisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular velsk
1st-person plural veljumsk
2nd-person plural velizk

Descendants

References

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