tyggja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggva, tyggja (“to chew”), from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɪcːa/
    Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Verb

tyggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tuggði, supine tuggið)

  1. (transitive, takes the accusative) to chew, to masticate

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggja and tyggva, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Akin to English chew.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʏjːɑ/, /tʏʝɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

tyggja (present tense tygg, past tense togg, past participle togge, passive infinitive tyggjast, present participle tyggjande, imperative tygg)

  1. to chew

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kewwaną.

Verb

tyggja (singular past indicative tǫgg, plural past indicative tuggu, past participle togginn)

  1. to chew

Conjugation
Conjugation of tyggja — active (strong class 3)
infinitive tyggja
present participle tyggjandi
past participle togginn
indicative present past
1st-person singular tygg tǫgg
2nd-person singular tyggr tǫggt
3rd-person singular tyggr tǫgg
1st-person plural tyggjum tuggum
2nd-person plural tyggið tugguð
3rd-person plural tyggja tuggu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular tyggja tygga
2nd-person singular tyggir tyggir
3rd-person singular tyggi tyggi
1st-person plural tyggim tyggim
2nd-person plural tyggið tyggið
3rd-person plural tyggi tyggi
imperative present
2nd-person singular tygg
1st-person plural tyggjum
2nd-person plural tyggið
Conjugation of tyggja — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive tyggjask
present participle tyggjandisk
past participle toggizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular tyggjumk tuggumk
2nd-person singular tyggsk tǫggzk
3rd-person singular tyggsk tǫggsk
1st-person plural tyggjumsk tuggumsk
2nd-person plural tyggizk tugguzk
3rd-person plural tyggjask tuggusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular tyggjumk tyggumk
2nd-person singular tyggisk tyggisk
3rd-person singular tyggisk tyggisk
1st-person plural tyggimsk tyggimsk
2nd-person plural tyggizk tyggizk
3rd-person plural tyggisk tyggisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular tyggsk
1st-person plural tyggjumsk
2nd-person plural tyggizk

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