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kjósa

kjósa

Faroese

Verb

kjósa (third person singular past indicative keys, third person plural past indicative kusu, supine kosið)

  1. choose

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • kjøra
  • greiða atkvøðu
  • velja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kjósa, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰouːsa/
  • Rhymes: -ouːsa

Verb

kjósa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative kaus, third-person plural past indicative kusu, supine kosið)

  1. to vote
  2. (with accusative, transitive) to vote for somebody
    Ég kaus þann sem tapaði.
    I voted for the one who lost.
  3. to elect
  4. to choose, to select
  5. to prefer

Conjugation

Note: Remnants of earlier forms still exist: past kjöri (occasional modern use), past plural kuru or kjöru (now obsolete), past participle kjörinn (fairly common).

Derived terms

Synonyms

  • (vote): greiða atkvæði
  • (select): velja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare Old English ċēosan (English choose), Old Frisian kiāsa (West Frisian kieze), Old Saxon kiosan (Low German kesen), Dutch kiezen, Old High German kiosan, chiosan (German kiesen), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan).

Verb

kjósa

  1. to choose

Descendants