svipa
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪːpa
Noun
svipa f (genitive singular svipu, nominative plural svipur)
- a riding crop, a whip
- (biology) a flagellum
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.
- Hundum svipar til eiganda sinna.
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