drífa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Faroese dríva, Danish and Norwegian drive, Swedish driva, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtriːva/
    Rhymes: -iːva

Verb

drífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dreif, third-person plural past indicative drifu, supine drifið)

  1. to drive

Conjugation
drífa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að drífa
supine
(sagnbót)		 drifið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 drífandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég dríf við drífum present
(nútíð)		 ég drífi við drífum
þú drífur þið drífið þú drífir þið drífið
hann, hún, það drífur þeir, þær, þau drífa hann, hún, það drífi þeir, þær, þau drífi
past
(þátíð)		 ég dreif við drifum past
(þátíð)		 ég drifi við drifum
þú dreifst þið drifuð þú drifir þið drifuð
hann, hún, það dreif þeir, þær, þau drifu hann, hún, það drifi þeir, þær, þau drifu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 dríf (þú) drífið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
drífðu drífiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
drifinn — 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)		 drifinn drifin drifið drifnir drifnar drifin
accusative
(þolfall)		 drifinn drifna drifið drifna drifnar drifin
dative
(þágufall)		 drifnum drifinni drifnu drifnum drifnum drifnum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 drifins drifinnar drifins drifinna drifinna drifinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 drifni drifna drifna drifnu drifnu drifnu
accusative
(þolfall)		 drifna drifnu drifna drifnu drifnu drifnu
dative
(þágufall)		 drifna drifnu drifna drifnu drifnu drifnu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 drifna drifnu drifna drifnu drifnu drifnu

Noun

drífa f (genitive singular drífu, nominative plural drífur)

  1. drift, snowdrift, heavy snowfall

Declension
declension of drífa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drífa drífan drífur drífurnar
accusative drífu drífuna drífur drífurnar
dative drífu drífunni drífum drífunum
genitive drífu drífunnar drífa drífanna

Synonyms
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