gleppa

Faroese

Verb

gleppa (third person singular past indicative glapp, third person plural past indicative gluppu, supine gloppið)

  1. to slip

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-49pp)
infinitive
supine gloppið
present past
first singular gleppi glapp
second singular gleppur glapst
third singular gleppur glapp
plural gleppa gluppu
participle (a34)1 gleppandi gloppin
imperative
singular glepp!
plural gleppið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡlɛpːɑ/

Verb

gleppa (present tense glepp, past tense glapp, past participle gloppe, passive infinitive gleppast, present participle gleppande, imperative glepp)

  1. to slip, slip out of
    • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge:
      ...men daa glapp Foten hass, so han dreiv att aa Bak,...
      ...but then his foot slipped, so that he fell backwards...
  2. to fail

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