spyrja
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɪɹja/
- Rhymes: -ɪɹja
Verb
spyrja (third person singular past indicative spurdi, third person plural past indicative spurdu, supine spurt)
- to ask
- Hví spyrt tú meg?
- Why do you ask me?
Conjugation
Conjugation of spyrja
| v-23 | ||||
| infinitive | spyrja | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | spyrjandi | |||
| past participle a7 | spurdur | |||
| supine | spurt | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | spyrji | spyrt | spyr | spyrja |
| past | spurdi | spurdi | spurdi | spurdu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | spyr! | — | spyrið! |
Antonyms
- svara
See also
- tosa
- práta
- fortelja
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Old English spyrian, German spüren, Danish spørge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɪrja/
- Rhymes: -ɪrja
- IPA(key): /ˈspʏrja/
- Rhymes: -ʏrja
Verb
spyrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spurði, supine spurt)
- to ask
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
spyrja (present tense spør, past tense spurde, past participle spurt)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by spørja
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.
Verb
spyrja
- to trace steps or footprints
- to investigate, to find out
- to ask
- to hear, be informed of
Conjugation
Conjugation of spyrja — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | spyrja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | spyrjandi | |
| past participle | spurðr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spyr | spurða |
| 2nd-person singular | spyrr | spurðir |
| 3rd-person singular | spyrr | spurði |
| 1st-person plural | spyrjum | spurðum |
| 2nd-person plural | spyrið | spurðuð |
| 3rd-person plural | spyrja | spurðu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spyrja | spyrða |
| 2nd-person singular | spyrir | spyrðir |
| 3rd-person singular | spyri | spyrði |
| 1st-person plural | spyrim | spyrðim |
| 2nd-person plural | spyrið | spyrðið |
| 3rd-person plural | spyri | spyrði |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | spyr | |
| 1st-person plural | spyrjum | |
| 2nd-person plural | spyrið | |
Conjugation of spyrja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | spyrjask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | spyrjandisk | |
| past participle | spyrzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spyrjumk | spurðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | spyrsk | spurðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | spyrsk | spurðisk |
| 1st-person plural | spyrjumsk | spurðumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | spyrizk | spurðuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | spyrjask | spurðusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spyrjumk | spyrðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | spyrisk | spyrðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | spyrisk | spyrðisk |
| 1st-person plural | spyrimsk | spyrðimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | spyrizk | spyrðizk |
| 3rd-person plural | spyrisk | spyrðisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | spyrsk | |
| 1st-person plural | spyrjumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | spyrizk | |
Synonyms
- fregna
Descendants
- Icelandic: spyrja
- Faroese: spyrja
- Norwegian: spørre, spørja
- Old Danish: spyriæ, spørghe, spøriæ
- Danish: spørge
- Old Swedish: spyria
- Swedish: spörja
- Westrobothnian: spöri
References
- spyrja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press