spá
See also: SPA, spa, Spa, SpA, spA, spå, and śpa
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Cognate to Scots spae.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spauː/
- Rhymes: -auː
Noun
spá f (genitive singular spár, nominative plural spár)
- a prophecy syn.
- (medicine) a prognosis (a forecast of the future course of a disease or disorder, based on medical knowledge) syn.
- a weather forecast syn.
Declension
declension of spá
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | spá | spáin | spár | spárnar |
| accusative | spá | spána | spár | spárnar |
| dative | spá | spánni | spám | spánum |
| genitive | spár | spárinnar | spáa | spánna |
Synonyms
- (prophecy): def. spádómur
- (prognosis): def. horfur
- (weather forecast): def. veðurspá
Derived terms
- stjörnuspá (“horoscope”)
Verb
spá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spáði, supine spáð)
- (transitive, with dative object) to forecast, to predict
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- spá fyrir (“to tell somebody's fortune”)
- spá í lófa (“to read somebody's palm”)
- spá í
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *spahō.
Noun
spá f (genitive spár)
- a prophecy
- sjaldan hafa spár mínar átt langan aldr
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of spá (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | spá | spáin | spár, spáir | spárnar, spáirnar |
| accusative | spá | spána | spár, spáir | spárnar, spáirnar |
| dative | spá | spánni | spám | spánum |
| genitive | spár | spárinnar | spá | spánna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: spá
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną.
Verb
spá (singular past indicative spáði, plural past indicative spáðu, past participle spáðr)
- (ditransitive, with dative and accusative (or genitive)) to prophesy, to foretell (something to someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of spá — active (weak class 2)
| infinitive | spá | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | spáandi | |
| past participle | spáðr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spá | spáða |
| 2nd-person singular | spár | spáðir |
| 3rd-person singular | spár | spáði |
| 1st-person plural | spám | spáðum |
| 2nd-person plural | spáið | spáðuð |
| 3rd-person plural | spá | spáðu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spá | spáða |
| 2nd-person singular | spáir | spáðir |
| 3rd-person singular | spái | spáði |
| 1st-person plural | spáim | spáðim |
| 2nd-person plural | spáið | spáðið |
| 3rd-person plural | spái | spáði |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | spá | |
| 1st-person plural | spám | |
| 2nd-person plural | spáið | |
Conjugation of spá — mediopassive (weak class 2)
| infinitive | spásk | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | spándisk | |
| past participle | spázk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spámk | spáðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | spásk | spáðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | spásk | spáðisk |
| 1st-person plural | spámsk | spáðumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | spáizk | spáðuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | spásk | spáðusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | spámk | spáðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | spáisk | spáðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | spáisk | spáðisk |
| 1st-person plural | spáimsk | spáðimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | spáizk | spáðizk |
| 3rd-person plural | spáisk | spáðisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | spásk | |
| 1st-person plural | spámsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | spáizk | |
Descendants
- Icelandic: spá
- Northern Middle English: spā
- Scots: spae
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spå
- Swedish: spå
References
- spá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.