vaksa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaʰksa][1]

Verb

vaksa (third person singular past indicative vaks, third person plural past indicative vuksu, supine voksið)

  1. to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of (irregular)
infinitive
supine vaksið
present past
first singular vaksi vaks/
(vóks)
second singular veksur/
(veks)
vaks/
(vóks)
third singular veksur/
(veks)
vaks/
(vóks)
plural vaksa vuksu
participle (a26)1 vaksandi vaksin
imperative
singular vaks!
plural vaksið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 123

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Verb

vaksa (present vaksur, plural vakse, preterite vaks, plural vuksu, supine vaksi, perfect participle masculine vaksen, feminine vaksi, neuter vaksä)

  1. to grow