veita
See also: veîta
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaita/
Conjugation
| Conjugation of veita (group v-2) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | veita | |
| supine | veitt | |
| participle (a39)1 | veitandi | veittur |
| present | past | |
| first singular | veiti | veitti |
| second singular | veitir | veitti |
| third singular | veitir | veitti |
| plural | veita | veittu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | veit! | |
| plural | veitið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Derived terms
- veitarafelag (supply company)
- veitarbakki (edge of a ditch)
- veitarbládepla (brooklime)
- veitarbotnur (bottom of a ditch)
- veitari (supplier)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse veita (“to grant, give”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to let know, show”, causative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”)), from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti (“to let see, show”, causative), derived from the root Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to catch sight of”). Closely related to Old Frisian wēta (“to claim, testify”) and Old High German weizen (“to show, prove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveiːta/
- Rhymes: -eiːta
Conjugation
veita — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að veita | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
veitt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
veitandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég veiti | við veitum | present (nútíð) |
ég veiti | við veitum |
| þú veitir | þið veitið | þú veitir | þið veitið | ||
| hann, hún, það veitir | þeir, þær, þau veita | hann, hún, það veiti | þeir, þær, þau veiti | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég veitti | við veittum | past (þátíð) |
ég veitti | við veittum |
| þú veittir | þið veittuð | þú veittir | þið veittuð | ||
| hann, hún, það veitti | þeir, þær, þau veittu | hann, hún, það veitti | þeir, þær, þau veittu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
veit (þú) | veitið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| veittu | veitiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
veitast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að veitast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
veist | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
veitandist ** ** 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 veitist | við veitumst | present (nútíð) |
ég veitist | við veitumst |
| þú veitist | þið veitist | þú veitist | þið veitist | ||
| hann, hún, það veitist | þeir, þær, þau veitast | hann, hún, það veitist | þeir, þær, þau veitist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég veittist | við veittumst | past (þátíð) |
ég veittist | við veittumst |
| þú veittist | þið veittust | þú veittist | þið veittust | ||
| hann, hún, það veittist | þeir, þær, þau veittust | hann, hún, það veittist | þeir, þær, þau veittust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
veist (þú) | veitist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| veistu | veitisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
veittur — 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) |
veittur | veitt | veitt | veittir | veittar | veitt | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
veittan | veitta | veitt | veitta | veittar | veitt | |
| dative (þágufall) |
veittum | veittri | veittu | veittum | veittum | veittum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
veitts | veittrar | veitts | veittra | veittra | veittra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
veitti | veitta | veitta | veittu | veittu | veittu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
veitta | veittu | veitta | veittu | veittu | veittu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
veitta | veittu | veitta | veittu | veittu | veittu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
veitta | veittu | veitta | veittu | veittu | veittu | |
Derived terms
- veita eftirför (to follow somebody)
- veita hjálp (to help somebody)
- veita viðnám (to resist)
- veita ekki af (to have need for)
- munu ekki veita af (to have real use for)
- veitast að (to attack somebody)
- veitast eitthvað auðvelt (to find something easy)
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