fljóta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfljouːta/
    Rhymes: -ouːta

Verb

fljóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative flaut, third-person plural past indicative flutu, supine flotið)

  1. to float

Conjugation
fljóta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að fljóta
supine
(sagnbót)		 flotið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 fljótandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég flýt við fljótum present
(nútíð)		 ég fljóti við fljótum
þú flýtur þið fljótið þú fljótir þið fljótið
hann, hún, það flýtur þeir, þær, þau fljóta hann, hún, það fljóti þeir, þær, þau fljóti
past
(þátíð)		 ég flaut við flutum past
(þátíð)		 ég flyti við flytum
þú flaust þið flutuð þú flytir þið flytuð
hann, hún, það flaut þeir, þær, þau flutu hann, hún, það flyti þeir, þær, þau flytu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 fljót (þú) fljótið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
fljóttu fljótiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
flotinn — 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)		 flotinn flotin flotið flotnir flotnar flotin
accusative
(þolfall)		 flotinn flotna flotið flotna flotnar flotin
dative
(þágufall)		 flotnum flotinni flotnu flotnum flotnum flotnum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 flotins flotinnar flotins flotinna flotinna flotinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 flotni flotna flotna flotnu flotnu flotnu
accusative
(þolfall)		 flotna flotnu flotna flotnu flotnu flotnu
dative
(þágufall)		 flotna flotnu flotna flotnu flotnu flotnu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 flotna flotnu flotna flotnu flotnu flotnu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, whence also Old English flēotan, Old Frisian fliata, Old Saxon fliotan, Old High German fliuzan, fleozan.

Verb

fljóta

  1. to float

Conjugation
Conjugation of fljóta — active (strong class 2)
infinitive fljóta
present participle fljótandi
past participle flotinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular flýt flaut
2nd-person singular flýtr flauzt
3rd-person singular flýtr flaut
1st-person plural fljótum flutum
2nd-person plural fljótið flutuð
3rd-person plural fljóta flutu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fljóta flyta
2nd-person singular fljótir flytir
3rd-person singular fljóti flyti
1st-person plural fljótim flytim
2nd-person plural fljótið flytið
3rd-person plural fljóti flyti
imperative present
2nd-person singular fljót
1st-person plural fljótum
2nd-person plural fljótið
Conjugation of fljóta — mediopassive (strong class 2)
infinitive fljótask
present participle fljótandisk
past participle flotizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fljótumk flutumk
2nd-person singular flýzk flauzk
3rd-person singular flýzk flauzk
1st-person plural fljótumsk flutumsk
2nd-person plural fljótizk flutuzk
3rd-person plural fljótask flutusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fljótumk flytumk
2nd-person singular fljótisk flytisk
3rd-person singular fljótisk flytisk
1st-person plural fljótimsk flytimsk
2nd-person plural fljótizk flytizk
3rd-person plural fljótisk flytisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fljózk
1st-person plural fljótumsk
2nd-person plural fljótizk

Descendants

References
  • fljóta in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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