vaksa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Pronunciation

Verb

vaksa (third person singular past indicative vaks, third person plural past indicative vuksu, supine voksið)

  1. to grow

Conjugation
   Conjugation of vaksa
v
infinitive vaksa
present participle vaksandi
past participle a26 vaksin
supine vaksið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present vaksi veksur/
(veks)		 veksur/
(veks)		 vaksa
past vaks/
(vóks)		 vaks/
(vóks)		 vaks/
(vóks)		 vuksu
imperative – tú – tit
present — vaks! — vaksið!

Synonyms

References
  1. Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages) (in English), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 123

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Verb

vaksa (present vaksur, plural vakse, preterite vaks, plural vuksu, supine vaksi, perfect participle masculine vaksen, feminine vaksi, neuter vaksä)

  1. to grow
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