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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. By surface analysis, fisk + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪska/
  • Rhymes: -ɪska

Verb

fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
    Hvussu nógvar fiskar hevur tú fiskað?
    How many fish did you fish?
  2. to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales) [with upp]
  3. to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy) [with eftir]

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiska (to fish), from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk + -a.

Verb

fiska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fiskaði, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
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.

Etymology 2

Noun

fiska

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of fiskur
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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

fiska

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

Old Norse

Noun

fiska

  1. accusative/genitive plural of fiskr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk + -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

fiska (present fiskar, preterite fiskade, supine fiskat, imperative fiska)

  1. to fish

Conjugation

More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

Anagrams

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