kvika

Faroese

Verb

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

  1. to hasten, to hurry

Conjugation

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

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

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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