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reisa
reisa
Faroese
Noun
reisa f (genitive singular reisu, plural reisur)
Synonyms
Declension
Declension of reisa | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | reisa | reisan | reisur | reisurnar |
accusative | reisu | reisuna | reisur | reisurnar |
dative | reisu | reisuni | reisum | reisunum |
genitive | reisu | reisunnar | reisa | reisanna |
Etymology 2
A merger of ríse, from Old Norse rísa (“rise”) and Old Norse reisa (“raise”). In the sense "go, travel" from Middle Low German reisen.
Verb
reisa (third person singular past indicative reisti, third person plural past indicative reist, supine reist)
Conjugation
v-2 | ||||
infinitive | reisa | |||
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present participle | reisandi | |||
past participle a39 | reistur | |||
supine | reist | |||
number | singular | plural | ||
person | first | second | third | all |
indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
present | reisi | reisir | reisir | reisa |
past | reisti | reisti | reisti | reistu |
imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
present | — | reis! | — | reisið! |
Synonyms
- (to lift): fáa at rísa, hevja, lyfta
- (to build): gera (smíða, laða, ...)
- (to begin): byrja
- (to travel): ferðast