vaksa

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vaksa (third person singular past indicative vaks, third person plural past indicative vuksu, supine voksið)

  1. to grow

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vaksa (irregular)
infinitive vaksa
supine vaksið
participle (a26)1 vaksandi vaksin
present past
first singular vaksi vaks/
(vóks)
second singular veksur/
(veks)
vaks/
(vóks)
third singular veksur/
(veks)
vaks/
(vóks)
plural vaksa vuksu
imperative
singular vaks!
plural vaksið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 123

Gutnish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Verb

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vaksa (present vaksur, plural vakse, preterite vaks, plural vuksu, supine vaksi, perfect participle masculine vaksen, feminine vaksi, neuter vaksä)

  1. to grow