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Definition 2025
floyta
floyta
Faroese
Verb
floyta (third person singular past indicative floytti, third person plural past indicative floyttu, supine floytt)
- (transitive) to float, cause to float
 - (intransitive, swimming) to manage to keep afloat
 - (transitive) to douse with liquid, make wet
 - (transitive) to manage to lift
 - (transitive) to fill, be big enough to wear (a garment)
 
Conjugation
| v-2 | ||||
| infinitive | floyta | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | floytandi | |||
| past participle a39 | floyttur | |||
| supine | floytt | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all | 
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum | 
| present | floyti | floytir | floytir | floyta | 
| past | floytti | floytti | floytti | floyttu | 
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit | 
| present | — | floyt! | — | floytið! | 
Etymology 2
Noun
floyta f (genitive singular floytu, plural floytur)
Declension
| Declension of floyta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | floyta | floytan | floytur | floyturnar | 
| accusative | floytu | floytuna | floytur | floyturnar | 
| dative | floytu | floytuni | floytum | floytunum | 
| genitive | floytu | floytunnar | floyta | floytanna | 
Verb
floyta (third person singular past indicative floytaði, third person plural past indicative floytaðu, supine floytað)
- to whistle (make a whistling sound with a whistle or with one’s mouth)
 
Conjugation
| v-30 | ||||
| infinitive | floyta | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | floytandi | |||
| past participle a6 | floytaður | |||
| supine | floytað | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all | 
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum | 
| present | floyti | floytar | floytar | floyta | 
| past | floytaði | floytaði | floytaði | floytaðu | 
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit | 
| present | — | floyta! | — | floytið! | 
Synonyms
- bríksla