þegja
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną. Cognate with Danish tie, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old High German dagēn, Latin taceō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθeiːja/
- Rhymes: -eiːja
Verb
þegja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þagði, supine þagað)
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be silent, say nothing, hold one’s tongue
Derived terms
Derived terms
- steinþegja
- vera þagað í hel (to be a conspiracy of silence about something)
- þegiðu!
- þegja eins og steinn
- þegja um (keep quiet about something)
- þegja yfir (keep quiet about something)
- þegja þunnu hljóði
See also
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.
Conjugation
Conjugation of þegja — active (weak class 3)
| infinitive | þegja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | þegjandi | |
| past participle | þagr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | þegi | þagða |
| 2nd-person singular | þegir | þagðir |
| 3rd-person singular | þegir | þagði |
| 1st-person plural | þegjum | þǫgðum |
| 2nd-person plural | þegið | þǫgðuð |
| 3rd-person plural | þegja | þǫgðu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | þegja | þegða |
| 2nd-person singular | þegir | þegðir |
| 3rd-person singular | þegi | þegði |
| 1st-person plural | þegim | þegðim |
| 2nd-person plural | þegið | þegðið |
| 3rd-person plural | þegi | þegði |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | þeg | |
| 1st-person plural | þegjum | |
| 2nd-person plural | þegið | |
Conjugation of þegja — mediopassive (weak class 3)
| infinitive | þegjask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | þegjandisk | |
| past participle | þagzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | þegjumk | þǫgðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | þegisk | þagðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | þegisk | þagðisk |
| 1st-person plural | þegjumsk | þǫgðumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | þegizk | þǫgðuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | þegjask | þǫgðusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | þegjumk | þegðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | þegisk | þegðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | þegisk | þegðisk |
| 1st-person plural | þegimsk | þegðimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | þegizk | þegðizk |
| 3rd-person plural | þegisk | þegðisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | þegsk | |
| 1st-person plural | þegjumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | þegizk | |
Derived terms
- þǫgull (“taciturn”)
Descendants
References
- þegja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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