hopa

See also: Hopa and hópa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːpa

Verb

hopa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hopaði, supine hopað)

  1. to retreat, to fall back
  2. to recede
    Jökullinn hefur hopað.
    The glacier has receded.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • hopa af hólmi
  • hopa á hæl
  • hopa hvergi

See also

  • undanhald

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hopa m (genitive singular hopa, nominative plural hopaí)

  1. hop (cone)

Declension

Declension of hopa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative hopa hopaí
vocative a hopa a hopaí
genitive hopa hopaí
dative hopa hopaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an hopa na hopaí
genitive an hopa na hopaí
dative leis an hopa
don hopa
leis na hopaí

References

Old English

Etymology

Late shortened form of tōhopa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxo.pɑ/, [ˈho.pɑ]

Noun

hopa m

  1. hope

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative hopa hopan
accusative hopan hopan
genitive hopan hopena
dative hopan hopum

Descendants

  • Middle English: hope, hoppe
    • English: hope
    • Yola: hopes (plural)

Romanian

Interjection

hopa

  1. alternative form of hop

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈopa/ [ˈo.pa]
  • Rhymes: -opa
  • Syllabification: ho‧pa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish hopa (c. 1378), of uncertain further origin. Probably from some dialectal clipping of Old French houppelande.

Noun

hopa f (plural hopas)

  1. cassock (item of clerical clothing)
    Synonyms: sotana, balandrán

Etymology 2

Verb

hopa

  1. only used in se hopa, third-person singular present indicative of hoparse
  2. only used in te ... hopa, syntactic variant of hópate, second-person singular imperative of hoparse

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

hopa (present hopar, preterite hopade, supine hopat, imperative hopa)

  1. to row backwards
  2. (transitive) to gather, to collect (in a pile); to pile up
  3. (reflexive) to gather, to pile up; as of dark clouds or problems
    Svarta skyar hopar sig vid horisonten och lovar svår storm.
    Black clouds gather at the horizon and promise a severe storm.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hopa (weak)
active passive
infinitive hopa hopas
supine hopat hopats
imperative hopa
imper. plural1 hopen
present past present past
indicative hopar hopade hopas hopades
ind. plural1 hopa hopade hopas hopades
subjunctive2 hope hopade hopes hopades
present participle hopande
past participle hopad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also