spýja
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse spýja (compare Faroese spýggja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish spy), from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, whence also Dutch spuwen, German speien, English spew, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old Armenian թուք (tʿukʿ), Persian تف (“spittle”), Ossetian ту (tu, “spittle”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “I spit out”), Latin spuo, Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati) (Russian плевать (plevatʹ)) and Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, “to spit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspiːja/
- Rhymes: -iːja
Verb
spýja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative spjó, third-person plural past indicative spjóu, supine spúið) or spýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spúði, supine spúið)
- to vomit
- to spit out, make gush forth
Conjugation
Strong or (increasingly commonly) weak. May also be mixed, with the strong forms being retained mostly in the singular past indicative forms.
Noun
spýja f (genitive singular spýju, nominative plural spýjur)
- vomit
- a thick shower of rain in windy conditions
- a small avalanche
Declension
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | spýja | spýjan | spýjur | spýjurnar |
accusative | spýju | spýjuna | spýjur | spýjurnar |
dative | spýju | spýjunni | spýjum | spýjunum |
genitive | spýju | spýjunnar | spýja | spýjanna |
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- *spía
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spīwaną.
Verb
spýja (singular past indicative spjó, plural past indicative spjó, past participle spúinn)
- (transitive, with dative) to spew, to vomit
- hon spjó bloði
- she threw up blood
Conjugation
infinitive | spýja | |
---|---|---|
present participle | spýjandi | |
past participle | spúinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | spý | spjó |
2nd-person singular | spýr | spjót |
3rd-person singular | spýr | spjó |
1st-person plural | spýjum | spjóm |
2nd-person plural | spýið | spjóð |
3rd-person plural | spýja | spjó |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | spýja | spýa |
2nd-person singular | spýir | spýir |
3rd-person singular | spýi | spýi |
1st-person plural | spýim | spýim |
2nd-person plural | spýið | spýið |
3rd-person plural | spýi | spýi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | spý | |
1st-person plural | spýjum | |
2nd-person plural | spýið |
infinitive | spýjask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | spýjandisk | |
past participle | spúizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | spýjumk | spjómk |
2nd-person singular | spýsk | spjózk |
3rd-person singular | spýsk | spjósk |
1st-person plural | spýjumsk | spjómsk |
2nd-person plural | spýizk | spjózk |
3rd-person plural | spýjask | spjósk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | spýjumk | spýumk |
2nd-person singular | spýisk | spýisk |
3rd-person singular | spýisk | spýisk |
1st-person plural | spýimsk | spýimsk |
2nd-person plural | spýizk | spýizk |
3rd-person plural | spýisk | spýisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | spýsk | |
1st-person plural | spýjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | spýizk |
Descendants
- Icelandic: spýja
- Faroese: spýggja
- Norwegian: spy
- Old Swedish: spȳia
- Swedish: spy
- Old Danish: spȳ, spī
- Danish: spy, spi
- Westrobothnian: spýj’
- Elfdalian: spaja
- Gutnish: spöi
- Scanian: spý, spí
Noun
spýja f (genitive spýju)
- vomit
Declension
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | spýja | spýjan | spýjur | spýjurnar |
accusative | spýju | spýjuna | spýjur | spýjurnar |
dative | spýju | spýjunni | spýjum | spýjunum |
genitive | spýju | spýjunnar | spýja | spýjanna |
References
- spýja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.