leysa
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną.
Cognate with Dutch lozen, English loose (from Old Norse lauss), obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan), German lösen; also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Norwegian Bokmål løse/løyse, Norwegian nynorsk løyse/løysa and Swedish lösa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]leysa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leysti, supine leyst)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to loosen
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to resolve, to solve, to unravel
- Ég er að reyna að leysa þetta vandamál.
- I am trying to solve this problem.
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to untie, to extricate, unfasten
- (impersonal, of snow) with various meanings, e.g. of snow thawing
Conjugation
[edit]leysa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að leysa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
leyst | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
leysandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég leysi | við leysum | present (nútíð) |
ég leysi | við leysum |
þú leysir | þið leysið | þú leysir | þið leysið | ||
hann, hún, það leysir | þeir, þær, þau leysa | hann, hún, það leysi | þeir, þær, þau leysi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég leysti | við leystum | past (þátíð) |
ég leysti | við leystum |
þú leystir | þið leystuð | þú leystir | þið leystuð | ||
hann, hún, það leysti | þeir, þær, þau leystu | hann, hún, það leysti | þeir, þær, þau leystu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
leys (þú) | leysið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
leystu | leysiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að leysast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
leyst | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
leysandist ** ** 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 leysist | við leysumst | present (nútíð) |
ég leysist | við leysumst |
þú leysist | þið leysist | þú leysist | þið leysist | ||
hann, hún, það leysist | þeir, þær, þau leysast | hann, hún, það leysist | þeir, þær, þau leysist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég leystist | við leystumst | past (þátíð) |
ég leystist | við leystumst |
þú leystist | þið leystust | þú leystist | þið leystust | ||
hann, hún, það leystist | þeir, þær, þau leystust | hann, hún, það leystist | þeir, þær, þau leystust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
leyst (þú) | leysist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
leystu | leysisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
leystur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
leystur | leyst | leyst | leystir | leystar | leyst | |
accusative (þolfall) |
leystan | leysta | leyst | leysta | leystar | leyst | |
dative (þágufall) |
leystum | leystri | leystu | leystum | leystum | leystum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
leysts | leystrar | leysts | leystra | leystra | leystra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
leysti | leysta | leysta | leystu | leystu | leystu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
leysta | leystu | leysta | leystu | leystu | leystu | |
dative (þágufall) |
leysta | leystu | leysta | leystu | leystu | leystu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
leysta | leystu | leysta | leystu | leystu | leystu |
Synonyms
[edit]- (loosen): losa
- (solve): ráða, ráða fram úr, finna lausn, finna lausn á
- (untie): losa
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