geysa
See also: geyşa
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse geysa, from Proto-Germanic *gausijaną. Causative of gjósa (from *geusaną).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈceiːsa/
- Rhymes: -eiːsa
- Homophone: geisa
Verb
geysa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative geysti, supine geyst)
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að geysa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | geyst | |||||
| present participle |
geysandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | geysi | geysti | geysi | geysti | |
| þú | geysir | geystir | geysir | geystir | ||
| hann, hún, það | geysir | geysti | geysi | geysti | ||
| plural | við | geysum | geystum | geysum | geystum | |
| þið | geysið | geystuð | geysið | geystuð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | geysa | geystu | geysi | geystu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | geys (þú), geystu | ||||
| plural | þið | geysið (þið), geysiði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
| infinitive nafnháttur | að geysast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | geyst | |||||
| present participle |
geysandist (rare; see appendix) | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | geysist | geystist | geysist | geystist | |
| þú | geysist | geystist | geysist | geystist | ||
| hann, hún, það | geysist | geystist | geysist | geystist | ||
| plural | við | geysumst | geystumst | geysumst | geystumst | |
| þið | geysist | geystust | geysist | geystust | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | geysast | geystust | geysist | geystust | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | geyst (þú), geystu | ||||
| plural | þið | geysist (þið), geysisti1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
See also
Further reading
- “geysa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)