dafna
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dafna, from Proto-Germanic *dabanōną, from Proto-Germanic *dabaną (“to be fitting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtapna/
- Rhymes: -apna
Verb
dafna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dafnaði, supine dafnað)
- to thrive
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að dafna | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | dafnað | |||||
| present participle |
dafnandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | dafna | dafnaði | dafni | dafnaði | |
| þú | dafnar | dafnaðir | dafnir | dafnaðir | ||
| hann, hún, það | dafnar | dafnaði | dafni | dafnaði | ||
| plural | við | döfnum | döfnuðum | döfnum | döfnuðum | |
| þið | dafnið | döfnuðuð | dafnið | döfnuðuð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | dafna | döfnuðu | dafni | döfnuðu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | dafna (þú), dafnaðu | ||||
| plural | þið | dafnið (þið), dafniði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dabanōną, from Proto-Germanic *dabaną (“to be fitting”), cognate with Old English dafenian. Compare Old Armenian դարբին (darbin, “smith”).
Verb
dafna
- to thrive
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dafna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive