játa

See also: jata, jätä, and jätå

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’éjade (jade), from Spanish piedra de ijada (flank stone), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (flank).

Noun

játa f (genitive singular játu, uncountable)

  1. (gems) jade

Declension

Declension of játa (singular only)
f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative játa játan
accusative játu játuna
dative játu játuni
genitive játu játunnar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse játa, from Proto-Germanic *jaatjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjauːta/
    Rhymes: -auːta

Verb

játa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative játaði, supine játað)[1]

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to confess, admit
    Það skal mikið til að fá hann til að játa.
    It will take a lot to get him to confess.
  2. (transitive, governs the dative) to assent to something

Conjugation

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References

  1. Ásgeir Blöndal MagnússonÍslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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