fletta

See also: flétta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fletta.

Verb

fletta (third person singular past indicative fletti, third person plural past indicative flettu, supine flett)

  1. to flay
  2. to slaughter

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-9)
infinitive
supine flett
present past
first singular fletti fletti
second singular flettir fletti
third singular flettir fletti
plural fletta flettu
participle (a5)1 flettandi flettur
imperative
singular flett!
plural flettið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fletta, ultimately from the source of Proto-Germanic *splītaną (“to split”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛhta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhta

Verb

fletta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fletti, supine flett)

  1. to peel, strip, remove a (thin) outer layer
  2. to turn (a page)

Conjugation

fletta – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að fletta
supine sagnbót flett
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 flettandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég fletti fletti fletti fletti
þú flettir flettir flettir flettir
hann, hún, það flettir fletti fletti fletti
plural við flettum flettum flettum flettum
þið flettið flettuð flettið flettuð
þeir, þær, þau fletta flettu fletti flettu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú flett (þú), flettu
plural þið flettið (þið), flettiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
flettast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að flettast
supine sagnbót flest
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 flettandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég flettist flettist flettist flettist
þú flettist flettist flettist flettist
hann, hún, það flettist flettist flettist flettist
plural við flettumst flettumst flettumst flettumst
þið flettist flettust flettist flettust
þeir, þær, þau flettast flettust flettist flettust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú flest (þú), flestu
plural þið flettist (þið), flettisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
flettur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		flettur flett flett flettir flettar flett
accusative
(þolfall) 		flettan fletta flett fletta flettar flett
dative
(þágufall) 		flettum flettri flettu flettum flettum flettum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		fletts flettrar fletts flettra flettra flettra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		fletti fletta fletta flettu flettu flettu
accusative
(þolfall) 		fletta flettu fletta flettu flettu flettu
dative
(þágufall) 		fletta flettu fletta flettu flettu flettu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		fletta flettu fletta flettu flettu flettu

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1000”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1000

Italian

Verb

fletta

  1. inflection of flettere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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