verpa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛɹ̥pa/
    Rhymes: -ɛɹ̥pa

Verb

verpa (third person singular past indicative varp, third person plural past indicative vurpu, supine vorpið)

  1. to lay (eggs)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to lay (an egg)
    Hønan varp eitt egg.
    The chicken laid an egg.

Conjugation


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛr̥pa/
    Rhymes: -ɛr̥pa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

Verb

verpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative varp, third-person plural past indicative urpu, supine orpið) or
verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to throw
  2. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to lay (an egg)
    Hænan verpti eggi.
    The chicken laid an egg.
Usage notes

The strong conjugation is the original one, but the weak one is becoming more usual. They are also commonly mixed together.

Conjugation

Strong conjugation:

Weak conjugation:

Synonyms
Derived terms
  • verpa öndinni léttar (to heave a sigh of relief)

Etymology 2

Causative of verpa (1). From Proto-Germanic *warpijaną.

Verb

verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to twist, wind, contort
Conjugation

Latin

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from a Germanic language, related to Proto-Germanic *werpaną (to throw).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwer.pa/, [ˈwɛr.pa]

Noun

verpa f (genitive verpae); first declension

  1. (vulgar) a penis, a dick

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative verpa verpae
Genitive verpae verpārum
Dative verpae verpīs
Accusative verpam verpās
Ablative verpā verpīs
Vocative verpa verpae

Synonyms

References

  • verpa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • verpa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • verpa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *werpaną (to throw, cast). Cognate with Old English weorpan, Old Frisian werpa, Old Saxon werpan, Old High German werfan, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 (wairpan).

Verb

verpa (singular past indicative varp, plural past indicative urpu, past participle orpinn)

  1. to throw, cast
  2. to lay eggs
  3. to guess, calculate

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: verpa
  • Faroese: verpa
  • Norwegian: verpe
  • Old Swedish: værpa
    • Swedish: värpa
  • Old Danish: wærpæ
    • Danish: værpe
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