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elska

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse elska, from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish), from Proto-Germanic *aliskaz (dear, precious), from Proto-Germanic *al- (to spur, drive, be enthusiastic), from Proto-Indo-European *el-, *lā- (to drive, move, go).

Verb

elska (third person singular past indicative elskaði, third person plural past indicative elskaðu, supine elskað)

  1. to love

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse elska.

Noun

elska f (genitive singular elsku, nominative plural elskur)

  1. love
    Ekki gráta elsku vinur.
    Don't cry dear friend.
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Derived terms
  • elskan mín

Etymology 2

Verb

elska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative elskaði, supine elskað)

  1. to love [intransitive or with accusative]
    Synonym: unna
    Ég elska konuna mína.
    I love my wife.
    Hann elskaði mig aldrei.
    He never loved me.
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

elska

  1. inflection of elske:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse elska, from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²ɛ̝l.skɑ], [²ɛ̝ʂ.kɑ]

Verb

elska (present tense elskar, past tense elska, past participle elska, passive infinitive elskast, present participle elskande, imperative elska/elsk)

  1. to love

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (to care for, cultivate, cherish), from Proto-Germanic *aliskaz (dear, precious), from Proto-Germanic *al- (to spur, drive, be enthusiastic), from Proto-Indo-European *el-, *lā- (to drive, move, go). Related to Old Norse elskr (dear, beloved), Old English ellen (courage, zeal). More at ellen.

Verb

elska

  1. to love

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: elska
  • Faroese: elska
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elska; (dialectal) eilske, eske
  • Old Swedish: ælska
  • Danish: elske

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “elska”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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