geispa
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈceispa/
- Rhymes: -eispa
Verb
geispa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative geispaði, supine geispað)
- (intransitive) to yawn
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að geispa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | geispt | |||||
| present participle |
geispandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | geispi | geispti | geispi | geispti | |
| þú | geispir | geisptir | geispir | geisptir | ||
| hann, hún, það | geispir | geispti | geispi | geispti | ||
| plural | við | geispum | geisptum | geispum | geisptum | |
| þið | geispið | geisptuð | geispið | geisptuð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | geispa | geisptu | geispi | geisptu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | geisp (þú), geisptu | ||||
| plural | þið | geispið (þið), geispiði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
- geispa golunni (“to kick the bucket”)
Related terms
See also
- gapa
- morgunteygjur (“pandiculation”)
- syfjuteygjur (“pandiculation”)