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skapa

skapa

Faroese

Verb

skapa

  1. (God) to create
  2. to create, make, manufacture

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːpa/
    Rhymes: -aːpa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skapa ‎(“to create”).

Verb

skapa ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skapaði, supine skapað)

  1. to create
Conjugation
skapast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að skapast
supine
(sagnbót) 		skapast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		skapandist **
** 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 skapast við sköpumst present
(nútíð) 		ég skapist við sköpumst
þú skapast þið skapist þú skapist þið skapist
hann, hún, það skapast þeir, þær, þau skapast hann, hún, það skapist þeir, þær, þau skapist
past
(þátíð) 		ég skapaðist við sköpuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég skapaðist við sköpuðumst
þú skapaðist þið sköpuðust þú skapaðist þið sköpuðust
hann, hún, það skapaðist þeir, þær, þau sköpuðust hann, hún, það skapaðist þeir, þær, þau sköpuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		skapast (þú) skapist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
skapastu skapisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of skap

Noun

skapa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sköp

Norwegian

Noun

skapa

  1. Definite plural of skap

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • skepja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ‎(“to make, create, shape”). Cognate with Old English scieppan, Old Frisian skeppa, Old Saxon skeppian, Old High German skaffan, Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(*skapjan).

Verb

skapa ‎(singular past indicative skóp, plural past indicative skópu, past participle skapaðr)

  1. to shape, make, create

Conjugation

Conjugation of skapa — mediopassive (irregular)
infinitive skapask
present participle skapandisk
past participle skapazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular skǫpumk skǫpuðumk, skópumk
2nd-person singular skapask skapaðizk, skópzk
3rd-person singular skapask skapaðisk, skópsk
1st-person plural skǫpumsk skǫpuðumsk, skópumsk
2nd-person plural skapizk skǫpuðuzk, skópuzk
3rd-person plural skapask skǫpuðusk, skópusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular skǫpumk skǫpuðumk, skœpumk
2nd-person singular skapisk skapaðisk, skœpisk
3rd-person singular skapisk skapaðisk, skœpisk
1st-person plural skapimsk skapaðimsk, skœpimsk
2nd-person plural skapizk skapaðizk, skœpizk
3rd-person plural skapisk skapaðisk, skœpisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular skapask
1st-person plural skǫpumsk
2nd-person plural skapizk

Descendants

References

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Verb

skapa

  1. to create, to produce

Conjugation

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Conjugation of skapa (strong)
present past
infinitive skapa —
participle skapandi, -e skapaþer, skapter
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk skapar skapi, -e — skōp skōpi, -e
þū skapar skapi, -e skap skōpt skōpi, -e
han skapar skapi, -e — skōp skōpi, -e
vīr skapum, -om skapum, -om skapum, -om skōpum, -om skōpum, -om
īr skapin skapin skapin skōpin skōpin
þēr skapa skapin — skōpu, -o skōpin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk skapas skapis, -es — skōps skōpis, -es
þū skapas skapis, -es — skōpts skōpis, -es
han skapas skapis, -es — skōps skōpis, -es
vīr skapums, -oms skapums, -oms — skōpums, -oms skōpums, -oms
īr skapins skapins — skōpins skōpins
þēr skapas skapins — skōpus, -os skōpins

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skapa, from Old Norse skapa ‎(“to create”), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Related to German schaffen and English shape.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɑːpa/

Verb

skapa ‎(present skapar, preterite skapade, supine skapat, imperative skapa)

  1. to create; to make, to manufacture; to put into existence, chiefly by a creative act

Conjugation

Usage notes

  • As an antiquated past participle, skapt is also used. See also förena

Related terms

Etymology

From Old Norse skapa ‎(“to create”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈskɛapa]

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