kvika

Faroese

Verb

kvika (third person singular past indicative kvikaði, third person plural past indicative kvikaðu, supine kvikað)

  1. to hasten, to hurry

Conjugation
   Conjugation of kvika
v-30
infinitive kvika
present participle kvikandi
past participle a6 kvikaður
supine kvikað
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present kviki kvikar kvikar kvika
past kvikaði kvikaði kvikaði kvikaðu
imperative – tú – tit
present — kvika! — kvikið!

Synonyms

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɪːka/
    Rhymes: -ɪːka

Noun

kvika f (genitive singular kviku, nominative plural kvikur)

  1. quick (flesh under nails, hoofs, etc.)
  2. (obsolete) spring, fount (place where water emerges from the ground)
  3. (nautical) swell
  4. quicksand
  5. (geology) magma

Declension
declension of kvika
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvika kvikan kvikur kvikurnar
accusative kviku kvikuna kvikur kvikurnar
dative kviku kvikunni kvikum kvikunum
genitive kviku kvikunnar kvika/kvikna kvikanna/kviknanna

Synonyms
  • (spring, fount): lind, uppspretta, uppsprettulind
  • (swell): undiralda, gjúga
  • (quicksand): kviksyndi, sandbleyta, sandkvika, sandyrja, sandysja, ysja

Verb

kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvikaði, supine kvikað)

  1. (intransitive) to move, stir (of small movements)

Verb

kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvikaði, supine hvikað)

  1. (intransitive) to move away, withdraw

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to kvikr (“alive”).

Noun

kvika f

  1. the quick (under nails, hoofs etc.)
  2. (uncertain) polyps (in the nostrils)
  3. running fluid

Declension
  Declension of kvika (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvika kvikan kvikur kvikurnar
accusative kviku kvikuna kvikur kvikurnar
dative kviku kvikunni kvikum kvikunum
genitive kviku kvikunnar kvikna kviknanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: kvika f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvik m, kvike m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvik m, kvike m

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