svipa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪːpa

Noun

svipa f (genitive singular svipu, nominative plural svipur)

a riding crop, a whip
(biology) a flagellum

Declension

Declension of svipa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svipa	svipan	svipur	svipurnar
accusative	svipu	svipuna	svipur	svipurnar
dative	svipu	svipunni	svipum	svipunum
genitive	svipu	svipunnar	svipa, svipna	svipanna, svipnanna

Derived terms

svipa forsæðisfrumu (flagellum spermatidii)
svipa sæðisfrumu (flagellum spermatozoi)
svipu- (flagellar)
svipubaugur forsæðisfrumu (anulus flagelli spermatidii)
svipubaugur sæðisfrumu (ring centriole)
svipudýr (flagellata)
svipudýrasýking (flagellosis)
svipuhópfellir (flagellar agglutinin)
svipukrabbi (crawfish, rock lobster)
svipuloftnet (whip aerial)
svipuþekjufruma (epitheliocytus flagellatus)

Verb

svipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svipaði, supine svipað)

(impersonal, dative subject) to resemble, to look
Hundum svipar til eiganda sinna.
Dogs resemble their owners.

Þeim svipar saman.
They look alike.

Derived terms

svipa til (to resemble)
svipa saman (to look alike)
svipast
svipast um (to have a look around)
svipast um eftir (to look around for)

Noun

svipa

indefinite genitive plural of svipur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

svipa (present tense svipar, past tense svipa, past participle svipa, passive infinitive svipast, present participle svipande, imperative svipa/svip)

Alternative form of svipe

Anagrams

avsip, vipsa