rífast

See also: rifast

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb rífa + -st (“a suffix which turns verbs into middle voice verbs”). See also the appendix about the Icelandic middle voice verbs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈriːvast/

Verb

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rífast

  1. to argue, to fight, to quarrel

Conjugation
rífast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að rífast
supine
(sagnbót)		 rifist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 rífandist **
** 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 rífst við rífumst present
(nútíð)		 ég rífist við rífumst
þú rífst þið rífist þú rífist þið rífist
hann, hún, það rífst þeir, þær, þau rífast hann, hún, það rífist þeir, þær, þau rífist
past
(þátíð)		 ég reifst við rifumst past
(þátíð)		 ég rifist við rifumst
þú reifst þið rifust þú rifist þið rifust
hann, hún, það reifst þeir, þær, þau rifust hann, hún, það rifist þeir, þær, þau rifust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 rífst (þú) rífist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
rífstu rífisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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