drekka

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛʰkːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛʰkːa

Verb

drekka (third person singular past indicative drakk, third person plural past indicative drukku, supine drukkið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drekka (group v-48)
infinitive	drekka
supine	drukkið
participle (a34)1	drekkandi	drukkin
	present	past
first singular	drekki	drakk
second singular	drekkur	drakst
third singular	drekkur	drakk
plural	drekka	drukku
	imperative
singular	drekk!
plural	drekkið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drekka, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛhka/

• Audio:

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  Rhymes: -ɛhka

Verb

drekka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drakk, third-person plural past indicative drukku, supine drukkið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to drink
   • Mark 16:15-18 (Icelandic translation)

     Hann sagði við þá: „Farið út um allan heim, og prédikið fagnaðarerindið öllu mannkyni. Sá sem trúir og skírist, mun hólpinn verða, en sá sem trúir ekki, mun fyrirdæmdur verða. En þessi tákn munu fylgja þeim, er trúa: Í mínu nafni munu þeir reka út illa anda, tala nýjum tungum, taka upp höggorma, og þó að þeir drekki eitthvað banvænt, mun þeim ekki verða meint af. Yfir sjúka munu þeir leggja hendur, og þeir verða heilir.“

     And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

   • Jeremiah 49:12 (Icelandic translation)

     Svo segir Drottinn: Sjá, þeim sem eigi bar að drekka bikarinn, þeir urðu að drekka hann — og þú ættir að sleppa óhegndur? Þú munt ekki sleppa óhegndur, heldur skalt þú drekka.

     This is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must drink it.

   Mig blóðlangar í eitthvað að drekka.

   I'm dying for something to drink.

   Hún drekkur alltaf kók með matnum.

   She always drinks Coke with her food.

Conjugation

drekka — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að drekka
supine (sagnbót)		drukkið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		drekkandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég drekk	við drekkum	present (nútíð)	ég drekki	við drekkum
	þú drekkur	þið drekkið		þú drekkir	þið drekkið
	hann, hún, það drekkur	þeir, þær, þau drekka		hann, hún, það drekki	þeir, þær, þau drekki
past (þátíð)	ég drakk	við drukkum	past (þátíð)	ég drykki	við drykkjum
	þú drakkst	þið drukkuð		þú drykkir	þið drykkjuð
	hann, hún, það drakk	þeir, þær, þau drukku		hann, hún, það drykki	þeir, þær, þau drykkju
imperative (boðháttur)	drekk (þú)	drekkið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	drekktu	drekkiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

drukkinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	drukkinn	drukkin	drukkið		drukknir	drukknar	drukkin
accusative (þolfall)	drukkinn	drukkna	drukkið		drukkna	drukknar	drukkin
dative (þágufall)	drukknum	drukkinni	drukknu		drukknum	drukknum	drukknum
genitive (eignarfall)	drukkins	drukkinnar	drukkins		drukkinna	drukkinna	drukkinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	drukkni	drukkna	drukkna		drukknu	drukknu	drukknu
accusative (þolfall)	drukkna	drukknu	drukkna		drukknu	drukknu	drukknu
dative (þágufall)	drukkna	drukknu	drukkna		drukknu	drukknu	drukknu
genitive (eignarfall)	drukkna	drukknu	drukkna		drukknu	drukknu	drukknu

Derived terms

Derived terms

• drekka fast
• drekka í sig
• drekka skál
• drukkinn

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *drinkaną, akin to Old Saxon drinkan, Old English drincan, Old Frisian drinka, Old High German trinkan, Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan).

Alternative forms

• drikka

Verb

drekka (singular past indicative drakk, plural past indicative drukku, past participle drukkinn)

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of drekka — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	drekka
present participle	drekkandi
past participle	drukkinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	drekk	drakk
2nd-person singular	drekkr	drakkt
3rd-person singular	drekkr	drakk
1st-person plural	drekkum	drukkum
2nd-person plural	drekkið	drukkuð
3rd-person plural	drekka	drukku
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	drekka	drykka
2nd-person singular	drekkir	drykkir
3rd-person singular	drekki	drykki
1st-person plural	drekkim	drykkim
2nd-person plural	drekkið	drykkið
3rd-person plural	drekki	drykki
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	drekk
1st-person plural	drekkum
2nd-person plural	drekkið

Conjugation of drekka — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	drekkask
present participle	drekkandisk
past participle	drukkizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	drekkumk	drukkumk
2nd-person singular	drekksk	drakkzk
3rd-person singular	drekksk	drakksk
1st-person plural	drekkumsk	drukkumsk
2nd-person plural	drekkizk	drukkuzk
3rd-person plural	drekkask	drukkusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	drekkumk	drykkumk
2nd-person singular	drekkisk	drykkisk
3rd-person singular	drekkisk	drykkisk
1st-person plural	drekkimsk	drykkimsk
2nd-person plural	drekkizk	drykkizk
3rd-person plural	drekkisk	drykkisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	drekksk
1st-person plural	drekkumsk
2nd-person plural	drekkizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: drekka
• Faroese: drekka
• Norwegian Nynorsk: drikke, drikka
  • Russenorsk: drikkom
• Elfdalian: drikka
• Old Swedish: drikka
  • Swedish: dricka
• Old Danish: drikkæ
  • Danish: drikke
    • Norwegian Bokmål: drikke
  • Scanian: drikka

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

drekka f (genitive drekku, plural drekkur)

1. drink, beverage
2. banquet, drinking feast

Declension

  Declension of drekka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drekka	drekkan	drekkur	drekkurnar
accusative	drekku	drekkuna	drekkur	drekkurnar
dative	drekku	drekkunni	drekkum	drekkunum
genitive	drekku	drekkunnar	drekkna	drekknanna

References

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