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drepa

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse drepa.

Verb

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drepa (third person singular past indicative drap, third person plural past indicative drópu, supine dripið)

  1. to kill
  2. (chess) to capture
  3. to dip
  4. to move
  5. to get wet
  6. to drop

Conjugation

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Conjugation of drepa (group v-56)
infinitive drepa
supine dripið
participle (a26)1 drepandi dripin
present past
first singular drepi drap
second singular drepur drapst
third singular drepur drap
plural drepa drópu
imperative
singular drep!
plural drepið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse drepa.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drepa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drap, third-person plural past indicative drápu, supine drepið)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to beat, hit
  2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to kill
    Ég drap hestinn.
    I killed the horse.
  3. (chess, transitive, with accusative) to capture
  4. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to dip
    Að drepa fingri í lækinn.
    To dip a finger in the brook.

Conjugation

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drepa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að drepa
supine
(sagnbót) 		drepið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		drepandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég drep við drepum present
(nútíð) 		ég drepi við drepum
þú drepur þið drepið þú drepir þið drepið
hann, hún, það drepur þeir, þær, þau drepa hann, hún, það drepi þeir, þær, þau drepi
past
(þátíð) 		ég drap við drápum past
(þátíð) 		ég dræpi við dræpum
þú drapst þið drápuð þú dræpir þið dræpuð
hann, hún, það drap þeir, þær, þau drápu hann, hún, það dræpi þeir, þær, þau dræpu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		drep (þú) drepið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
dreptu drepiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
drepast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að drepast
supine
(sagnbót) 		drepist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		drepandist **
** 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 drepst við drepumst present
(nútíð) 		ég drepist við drepumst
þú drepst þið drepist þú drepist þið drepist
hann, hún, það drepst þeir, þær, þau drepast hann, hún, það drepist þeir, þær, þau drepist
past
(þátíð) 		ég drapst við drápumst past
(þátíð) 		ég dræpist við dræpumst
þú drapst þið drápust þú dræpist þið dræpust
hann, hún, það drapst þeir, þær, þau drápust hann, hún, það dræpist þeir, þær, þau dræpust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		drepst (þú) drepist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
drepstu drepisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
drepinn — 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) 		drepinn drepin drepið drepnir drepnar drepin
accusative
(þolfall) 		drepinn drepna drepið drepna drepnar drepin
dative
(þágufall) 		drepnum drepinni drepnu drepnum drepnum drepnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		drepins drepinnar drepins drepinna drepinna drepinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		drepni drepna drepna drepnu drepnu drepnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		drepna drepnu drepna drepnu drepnu drepnu
dative
(þágufall) 		drepna drepnu drepna drepnu drepnu drepnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		drepna drepnu drepna drepnu drepnu drepnu

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Dialects

Etymology

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From Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), cognate with German treffen, Dutch treffen, and English drub. Doublet of treffe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²drɛːpa/, [²drɛ̝ːpɐ̞]

Verb

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drepa (present tense drep, past tense drap, supine drepe, past participle drepen, present participle drepande, imperative drep)

  1. To kill, to murder.
    Ho er mistenkt for å ha drepe faren sin.
    She is suspected of having killed her father.
    Ein person vart drepen og to alvorleg såra i ei bilulukke.
    One person was killed and two were seriously injured in a car accident.
    Den drepne var 40 år gamal.
    The victim was 40 years old. (literally: "the killed was 40 years old")
  2. To ruin, strain, extinguish, kill. (of persons)
    Den evinnelege masinga di har drepe arbeidslysta mi!
    Your constant nagging has ruined my zeal for work!
    Den filmen var drepande keisam!
    That film was incredibly boring! (literally: "that film was killingly boring")
    Då du sa dei orda, drap du kjenslene hennar.
    When you said those words, you killed her feelings.

Synonyms

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to kill, murder
to strain, stab, ruin

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”); cognate with Old English drepan, German treffen (“hit, meet”).

Verb

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drepa (singular past indicative drap, plural past indicative drápu, past participle drepinn)

  1. to beat, to hit, to push, to knock
  2. to kill, to slay
  3. to capture (e.g. in chess)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of drepa — active (strong class 5)
infinitive drepa
present participle drepandi
past participle drepinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular drep drap
2nd-person singular drepr drapt
3rd-person singular drepr drap
1st-person plural drepum drápum
2nd-person plural drepið drápuð
3rd-person plural drepa drápu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular drepa dræpa
2nd-person singular drepir dræpir
3rd-person singular drepi dræpi
1st-person plural drepim dræpim
2nd-person plural drepið dræpið
3rd-person plural drepi dræpi
imperative present
2nd-person singular drep
1st-person plural drepum
2nd-person plural drepið
Conjugation of drepa — mediopassive (strong class 5)
infinitive drepask
present participle drepandisk
past participle drepizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular drepumk drápumk
2nd-person singular drepsk drapzk
3rd-person singular drepsk drapsk
1st-person plural drepumsk drápumsk
2nd-person plural drepizk drápuzk
3rd-person plural drepask drápusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular drepumk dræpumk
2nd-person singular drepisk dræpisk
3rd-person singular drepisk dræpisk
1st-person plural drepimsk dræpimsk
2nd-person plural drepizk dræpizk
3rd-person plural drepisk dræpisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular drepsk
1st-person plural drepumsk
2nd-person plural drepizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: drepa
  • Faroese: drepa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drepe, drepa, dribba (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: dræpa
  • Danish: dræbe
  • Old Gutnish: drepa

References

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  • “drepa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
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