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kyssa

kyssa

See also: kyssä

Faroese

Verb

kyssa ‎(third person singular past indicative kysti, third person plural past indicative kyst, supine kyst)

  1. to kiss

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa ‎(“to kiss”), from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰɪsːa/
    Rhymes: -ɪsːa

Verb

kyssa ‎(third-person singular past indicative kyssti)

  1. to kiss
    Kysstu mig!
    Kiss me!
    Viltu kyssa mig?
    Do you want to kiss me?
    Hefurðu einhvern tíma kysst einhvern?
    Have you ever kissed someone?

Conjugation

kyssast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að kyssast
supine
(sagnbót) 		kysst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		kyssandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég kyssist við kyssumst present
(nútíð) 		ég kyssist við kyssumst
þú kyssist þið kyssist þú kyssist þið kyssist
hann, hún, það kyssist þeir, þær, þau kyssast hann, hún, það kyssist þeir, þær, þau kyssist
past
(þátíð) 		ég kysstist við kysstumst past
(þátíð) 		ég kysstist við kysstumst
þú kysstist þið kysstust þú kysstist þið kysstust
hann, hún, það kysstist þeir, þær, þau kysstust hann, hún, það kysstist þeir, þær, þau kysstust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		kysst (þú) kyssist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kysstu kyssisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kyssa m, n

  1. definite plural of kyss

Verb

kyssa

  1. simple past of kysse
  2. past participle of kysse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • kyssane

Noun

kyssa m, n

  1. definite neuter plural of kyss

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussijaną, whence also Old English cyssan (English kiss), Old Frisian kessa, Old Saxon kussian, Dutch kussen, Old High German kussen (German küssen).

Verb

kyssa

  1. to kiss

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Descendants

References

  • kyssa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Verb

kyssa

  1. to kiss

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kyssa (weak)
present past
infinitive kyssa —
participle kyssandi, -e kyster
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk kyssir kyssi, -e — kysti, -e kysti, -e
þū kyssir kyssi, -e kys kysti, -e kysti, -e
han kyssir kyssi, -e — kysti, -e kysti, -e
vīr kyssum, -om kyssum, -om kyssum, -om kystum, -om kystum, -om
īr kyssin kyssin kyssin kystin kystin
þēr kyssa kyssin — kystu, -o kystin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk kyssis kyssis, -es — kystis, -es kystis, -es
þū kyssis kyssis, -es — kystis, -es kystis, -es
han kyssis kyssis, -es — kystis, -es kystis, -es
vīr kyssums, -oms kyssums, -oms — kystums, -oms kystums, -oms
īr kyssins kyssins — kystins kystins
þēr kyssas kyssins — kystus, -os kystins

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kyssa, from Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕʏsˌa/

Verb

kyssa ‎(present kysser, preterite kysste, supine kysst, imperative kyss)

  1. to kiss passionately or with great affection (compare with pussa), to snog (UK)

Conjugation

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Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

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