kvika
Faroese
Etymology
See kvikur (“rapid, swift”)
Verb
kvika (third person singular past indicative kvikaði, third person plural past indicative kvikaðu, supine kvikað)
- to hasten, to hurry
Conjugation
Conjugation of kvika (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | kvika | |
supine | kvikað | |
participle (a6)1 | kvikandi | kvikaður |
present | past | |
first singular | kviki | kvikaði |
second singular | kvikar | kvikaði |
third singular | kvikar | kvikaði |
plural | kvika | kvikaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | kvika! | |
plural | kvikið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Synonyms
- skunda
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kvika.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɪːka/
- Rhymes: -ɪːka
Noun
kvika f (genitive singular kviku, nominative plural kvikur)
- quick (flesh under nails, hoofs, etc.)
- (obsolete) spring, fount (place where water emerges from the ground)
- (nautical) swell
- quicksand
- (geology) magma
Declension
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvika | kvikan | kvikur | kvikurnar |
accusative | kviku | kvikuna | kvikur | kvikurnar |
dative | kviku | kvikunni | kvikum | kvikunum |
genitive | kviku | kvikunnar | kvika/kvikna | kvikanna/kviknanna |
Synonyms
- (spring, fount): lind, uppspretta, uppsprettulind
- (swell): undiralda, gjúga
- (quicksand): kviksyndi, sandbleyta, sandkvika, sandyrja, sandysja, ysja
Verb
kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvikaði, supine kvikað)
- (intransitive) to move, stir (of small movements)
Verb
kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvikaði, supine hvikað)
- (intransitive) to move away, withdraw
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Related to kvik (“quick, lively”).
Alternative forms
- kvike (e infinitive)
Verb
kvika (present tense kvikar, past tense kvika, past participle kvika, passive infinitive kvikast, present participle kvikande, imperative kvika/kvik)
- (transitive) to liven up, invigorate
- (intransitive) to grow, become augmented
- elva har kvika i natt
- the river has grown by night
- elva har kvika i natt
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hvika (“to quail, shrink, waver”).
Alternative forms
- kvike (e infinitive)
Verb
kvika (present tense kvikar, past tense kvika, past participle kvika, passive infinitive kvikast, present participle kvikande, imperative kvika/kvik)
- (intransitive) to shudder
- (intransitive) to be confused
References
- “kvika” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- kvikva
Etymology
Related to kvikr (“alive”).
Noun
kvika f
- the quick (under nails, hoofs etc.)
- (uncertain) polyps (in the nostrils)
- running fluid
Declension
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvika | kvikan | kvikur | kvikurnar |
accusative | kviku | kvikuna | kvikur | kvikurnar |
dative | kviku | kvikunni | kvikum | kvikunum |
genitive | kviku | kvikunnar | kvikna | kviknanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: kvika f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvik m, kvike m
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvik m, kvike m
References
- “kvika”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press