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lofa

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See also: lova

French

Pronunciation

Verb

lofa

  1. third-person singular past historic of lofer

Galician

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔfa/ [ˈlɔ.fɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔfa
  • Hyphenation: lo‧fa

Noun

lofa f (plural lofas)

  1. hooligan, lout, yob
    Synonym: tarabelo

Adjective

lofa m or f (plural lofas)

  1. teaser, joker, troublemaker

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Gothic

Romanization

lofa

  1. romanization of 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔːva/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːva

Verb

lofa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lofaði, supine lofað)

  1. to promise [with dative ‘someone’, along with dative ‘something’ or (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Synonym: heita
    Lofaðu að hætta þessu!
    Promise to stop this!
    Ég lofaði að hann fengi nammi.
    I promised that he'd get some candy.
    Lofaðu mér því að þú komir aftur!
    Promise me you'll come back!
    Ég lofaði henni boltanum.
    I promised her the ball.
  2. to praise [with accusative]
    • Psalm 22: 23 (Icelandic, English)
      Ég vil kunngjöra bræðrum mínum nafn þitt, í söfnuðinum vil ég lofa þig!
      I will declare your name to my brothers; in the congregation I will praise you!
    • Psalm 22: 25 (Icelandic, English)
      Snauðir munu eta og verða mettir, þeir er leita Drottins munu lofa hann. Hjörtu yðar lifni við að eilífu.
      The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise him— may your hearts live forever!
    Hún lofaði nýju tæknina.
    She praised the new technology.
  3. (intransitive) to permit, to allow
  4. to let, to permit, to allow [with dative ‘someone’, along with accusative ‘something’ or (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Synonym: leyfa
    Lof mér að sjá!
    Let me see!

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) ...

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