kelfa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kelfa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛlva/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlva

Verb

kelfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kelfdi, supine kelft)

  1. (intransitive) to calve
  2. (of cows) to impregnate [with accusative]

Conjugation

kelfa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur kelfa
supine sagnbót kelft
present participle
kelfandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég kelfi kelfdi kelfi kelfdi
þú kelfir kelfdir kelfir kelfdir
hann, hún, það kelfir kelfdi kelfi kelfdi
plural við kelfum kelfdum kelfum kelfdum
þið kelfið kelfduð kelfið kelfduð
þeir, þær, þau kelfa kelfdu kelfi kelfdu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kelf (þú), kelfdu
plural þið kelfið (þið), kelfiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kelfast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að kelfast
supine sagnbót kelfst
present participle
kelfandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég kelfist kelfdist kelfist kelfdist
þú kelfist kelfdist kelfist kelfdist
hann, hún, það kelfist kelfdist kelfist kelfdist
plural við kelfumst kelfdumst kelfumst kelfdumst
þið kelfist kelfdust kelfist kelfdust
þeir, þær, þau kelfast kelfdust kelfist kelfdust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kelfst (þú), kelfstu
plural þið kelfist (þið), kelfisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kelfdur — 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)
kelfdur kelfd kelft kelfdir kelfdar kelfd
accusative
(þolfall)
kelfdan kelfda kelft kelfda kelfdar kelfd
dative
(þágufall)
kelfdum kelfdri kelfdu kelfdum kelfdum kelfdum
genitive
(eignarfall)
kelfds kelfdrar kelfds kelfdra kelfdra kelfdra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
kelfdi kelfda kelfda kelfdu kelfdu kelfdu
accusative
(þolfall)
kelfda kelfdu kelfda kelfdu kelfdu kelfdu
dative
(þágufall)
kelfda kelfdu kelfda kelfdu kelfdu kelfdu
genitive
(eignarfall)
kelfda kelfdu kelfda kelfdu kelfdu kelfdu

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalbijaną, North Germanic variant of *kalbōną (to calve).

Verb

kelfa (singular past indicative kelfir, plural past indicative keldir, past participle keldr)

  1. to calve

Conjugation

Conjugation of kelfa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive kelfa
present participle kelfandi
past participle keldr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kelfi kelda kelfa kelda
2nd person singular kelfir keldir kelfir keldir
3rd person singular kelfir keldi kelfi keldi
1st person plural kelfum keldum kelfim keldim
2nd person plural kelfið kelduð kelfið keldið
3rd person plural kelfa keldu kelfi keldi
imperative present
2nd person singular kelf, kelfi
1st person plural kelfum
2nd person plural kelfið
Conjugation of kelfa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive kelfask
present participle kelfandisk
past participle kelzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kelfumk keldumk kelfumk keldumk
2nd person singular kelfisk keldisk kelfisk keldisk
3rd person singular kelfisk keldisk kelfisk keldisk
1st person plural kelfumsk keldumsk kelfimsk keldimsk
2nd person plural kelfizk kelduzk kelfizk keldizk
3rd person plural kelfask keldusk kelfisk keldisk
imperative present
2nd person singular kelfsk, kelfisk
1st person plural kelfumsk
2nd person plural kelfizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kelfa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjelva, kjelve
  • Danish: kælve

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kelfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive