slefa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstlɛːva/

  Rhymes: -ɛːva

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

slefa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slefaði, supine slefað)

1. to drool

   Ég slefa ekki.

   I don't drool.

Conjugation

slefa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að slefa
supine sagnbót		slefað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		slefandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	slefa	slefaði		slefi	slefaði
	þú	slefar	slefaðir		slefir	slefaðir
	hann, hún, það	slefar	slefaði		slefi	slefaði
plural	við	slefum	slefuðum		slefum	slefuðum
	þið	slefið	slefuðuð		slefið	slefuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	slefa	slefuðu		slefi	slefuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	slefa (þú), slefaðu
plural	þið	slefið (þið), slefiði1

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

Etymology 2

Noun

slefa f (genitive singular slefu, no plural)

1. drool

Declension

Declension of slefa (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	slefa	slefan
accusative	slefu	slefuna
dative	slefu	slefunni
genitive	slefu	slefunnar

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

slefa f (genitive slefu)

1. slaver (clarification of this definition is needed.)

Declension

Declension of slefa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	slefa	slefan	slefur	slefurnar
accusative	slefu	slefuna	slefur	slefurnar
dative	slefu	slefunni	slefum	slefunum
genitive	slefu	slefunnar	slefna	slefnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: slefa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sleva, sleve

Further reading

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