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afla

afla

Icelandic

Verb

afla ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative aflaði, supine aflað)

  1. (transitive, with genitive) to earn, to gain
  2. (transitive, with genitive) to procure, to get, to acquire
  3. (intransitive) to fish

Conjugation

aflast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að aflast
supine
(sagnbót) 		aflast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		aflandist **
** 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 aflast við öflumst present
(nútíð) 		ég aflist við öflumst
þú aflast þið aflist þú aflist þið aflist
hann, hún, það aflast þeir, þær, þau aflast hann, hún, það aflist þeir, þær, þau aflist
past
(þátíð) 		ég aflaðist við öfluðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég aflaðist við öfluðumst
þú aflaðist þið öfluðust þú aflaðist þið öfluðust
hann, hún, það aflaðist þeir, þær, þau öfluðust hann, hún, það aflaðist þeir, þær, þau öfluðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		aflast (þú) aflist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
aflastu aflisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Usage notes

  • The middle voice verb aflast can be either personal or impersonal.

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin afflare ‎(“blow, breathe”), present active infinitive of afflō, from ad- + flō ‎(“blow, breathe”).

Verb

a afla ‎(third-person singular present află, past participle aflat) 1st conj.

  1. to find out, get wind of
  2. to recognize
  3. (reflexive) to be placed or situated

Conjugation

Etymology

From Old Norse afla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈapla/
    Rhymes: -apla

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