hemja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛmja/

  Rhymes: -ɛmja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hemja, from Proto-Germanic *hamjaną (“to press; hinder; restrict”).

Verb

hemja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hamdi, supine hamið)

1. to control, to hold back, to restrain [with accusative]

Conjugation

hemja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hemja
supine sagnbót		hamið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hemjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hem	hamdi		hemji	hemdi
	þú	hemur	hamdir		hemjir	hemdir
	hann, hún, það	hemur	hamdi		hemji	hemdi
plural	við	hemjum	hömdum		hemjum	hemdum
	þið	hemjið	hömduð		hemjið	hemduð
	þeir, þær, þau	hemja	hömdu		hemji	hemdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hem (þú), hemdu
plural	þið	hemjið (þið), hemjiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hemjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að hemjast
supine sagnbót		hamist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		hemjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	hemst	hamdist		hemjist	hemdist
	þú	hemst	hamdist		hemjist	hemdist
	hann, hún, það	hemst	hamdist		hemjist	hemdist
plural	við	hemjumst	hömdumst		hemjumst	hemdumst
	þið	hemjist	hömdust		hemjist	hemdust
	þeir, þær, þau	hemjast	hömdust		hemjist	hemdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	hemst (þú), hemstu
plural	þið	hemist (þið), hemisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

haminn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	haminn	hamin	hamið	hamdir	hamdar	hamin
accusative (þolfall)	haminn	hamda	hamið	hamda	hamdar	hamin
dative (þágufall)	hömdum	haminni	hömdu	hömdum	hömdum	hömdum
genitive (eignarfall)	hamins	haminnar	hamins	haminna	haminna	haminna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	hamdi	hamda	hamda	hömdu	hömdu	hömdu
accusative (þolfall)	hamda	hömdu	hamda	hömdu	hömdu	hömdu
dative (þágufall)	hamda	hömdu	hamda	hömdu	hömdu	hömdu
genitive (eignarfall)	hamda	hömdu	hamda	hömdu	hömdu	hömdu

Etymology 2

Noun

hemja f (genitive singular hemju, no plural)

1. restraint, moderation

   Synonym: hóf

Declension

Declension of hemja (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hemja	hemjan
accusative	hemju	hemjuna
dative	hemju	hemjunni
genitive	hemju	hemjunnar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hemja (present tense hemjar, past tense hemja, past participle hemja, passive infinitive hemjast, present participle hemjande, imperative hemja/hemj)

1. alternative spelling of hemme