fælast
Icelandic
Etymology
From fæla (“to scare”) + -st.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaiːlast/
Verb
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fælast
- (reflexive) to be frightened
- Synonym: styggjast
- (reflexive, especially of horses) to shy
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | fælst | |||||
| present participle |
fælandist (rare; see appendix) | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | fælist | fældist | fælist | fældist | |
| þú | fælist | fældist | fælist | fældist | ||
| hann, hún, það | fælist | fældist | fælist | fældist | ||
| plural | við | fælumst | fældumst | fælumst | fældumst | |
| þið | fælist | fældust | fælist | fældust | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | fælast | fældust | fælist | fældust | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | fælst (þú), fælstu | ||||
| plural | þið | fælist (þið), fælisti1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Further reading
- “fælast” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)