klippa

Faroese

Verb

klippa (third person singular past indicative klipti, third person plural past indicative kliptu, supine klipt)

  1. to clip, to cut (hair)

Conjugation
Conjugation of klippa (group v-9nn)
infinitive klippa
supine klipt
participle (a39)1 klippandi kliptur
present past
first singular klippi klipti
second singular klippir klipti
third singular klippir klipti
plural klippa kliptu
imperative
singular klipp!
plural klippið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Verb

klippa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative klippti, supine klippt)

  1. to cut, to clip
  2. to shear
  3. to cut, to edit (a film)

Conjugation
klippa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að klippa
supine
(sagnbót)		 klippt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 klippandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég klippi við klippum present
(nútíð)		 ég klippi við klippum
þú klippir þið klippið þú klippir þið klippið
hann, hún, það klippir þeir, þær, þau klippa hann, hún, það klippi þeir, þær, þau klippi
past
(þátíð)		 ég klippti við klipptum past
(þátíð)		 ég klippti við klipptum
þú klipptir þið klipptuð þú klipptir þið klipptuð
hann, hún, það klippti þeir, þær, þau klipptu hann, hún, það klippti þeir, þær, þau klipptu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 klipp (þú) klippið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
klipptu klippiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
klippast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að klippast
supine
(sagnbót)		 klippst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 klippandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég klippist við klippumst present
(nútíð)		 ég klippist við klippumst
þú klippist þið klippist þú klippist þið klippist
hann, hún, það klippist þeir, þær, þau klippast hann, hún, það klippist þeir, þær, þau klippist
past
(þátíð)		 ég klipptist við klipptumst past
(þátíð)		 ég klipptist við klipptumst
þú klipptist þið klipptust þú klipptist þið klipptust
hann, hún, það klipptist þeir, þær, þau klipptust hann, hún, það klipptist þeir, þær, þau klipptust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 klippst (þú) klippist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
klippstu klippisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
klipptur — 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)		 klipptur klippt klippt klipptir klipptar klippt
accusative
(þolfall)		 klipptan klippta klippt klippta klipptar klippt
dative
(þágufall)		 klipptum klipptri klipptu klipptum klipptum klipptum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 klippts klipptrar klippts klipptra klipptra klipptra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 klippti klippta klippta klipptu klipptu klipptu
accusative
(þolfall)		 klippta klipptu klippta klipptu klipptu klipptu
dative
(þágufall)		 klippta klipptu klippta klipptu klipptu klipptu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 klippta klipptu klippta klipptu klipptu klipptu

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

klippa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse klippa and klyppa.

Verb

klippa (present tense klipper, past tense klipte, past participle klipt, passive infinitive klippast, present participle klippande, imperative klipp)

  1. Alternative form of klippe

Etymology 2

Through Norwegian Bokmål from Middle Low German.

Noun

klippa f (definite singular klippa, indefinite plural klipper or klippor, definite plural klippene or klippone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of klippe
  2. definite singular of klippe

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, it could be onomatopoetic.[1] May be akin to Old English clyppan and modern English clip.

Verb

klippa (singular past indicative klipta, plural past indicative kliptu, past participle kliptr)

  1. (transitive) to clip, cut
  2. (about sheep) shear

Conjugation
Conjugation of klippa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive klippa
present participle klippandi
past participle kliptr
indicative present past
1st-person singular klippi klipta
2nd-person singular klippir kliptir
3rd-person singular klippir klipti
1st-person plural klippum kliptum
2nd-person plural klippið kliptuð
3rd-person plural klippa kliptu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular klippa klipta
2nd-person singular klippir kliptir
3rd-person singular klippi klipti
1st-person plural klippim kliptim
2nd-person plural klippið kliptið
3rd-person plural klippi klipti
imperative present
2nd-person singular klipp, klippi
1st-person plural klippum
2nd-person plural klippið
Conjugation of klippa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive klippask
present participle klippandisk
past participle klippzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular klippumk kliptumk
2nd-person singular klippisk kliptisk
3rd-person singular klippisk kliptisk
1st-person plural klippumsk kliptumsk
2nd-person plural klippizk kliptuzk
3rd-person plural klippask kliptusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular klippumk kliptumk
2nd-person singular klippisk kliptisk
3rd-person singular klippisk kliptisk
1st-person plural klippimsk kliptimsk
2nd-person plural klippizk kliptizk
3rd-person plural klippisk kliptisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular klippsk, klippisk
1st-person plural klippumsk
2nd-person plural klippizk

Descendants

Listed are also forms derived from klyppa.

  • Icelandic: klippa
  • Faroese: klippa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klippa, klippe, klyppa, klyppe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klippe
  • Swedish: klippa
  • Danish: klippe

References
  1. “klippe2” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “klippa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Noun

klippa c

  1. a rock, a cliff
  2. a steadfast person
    Så säger ock jag dig att du är Petrus; och på denna klippa skall jag bygga min församling
    And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church (Matthew 16:18)
Declension
Declension of klippa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klippa klippan klippor klipporna
Genitive klippas klippans klippors klippornas
  • bergsklippa

Etymology 2

From Old Norse klippa, klyppa.

Verb

klippa (present klipper, preterite klippte, supine klippt, imperative klipp)

  1. to cut with scissors, in particular to cut somebody's hair
    Jag klipper gräset ― I'm mowing the lawn (idiomatic)
  2. (reflexive) to let someone cut one's hair, to have a haircut
  3. to cut; to cease recording activities
  4. to perform film editing
  5. to cut a credit card into pieces in order to invalidate it
  6. (colloquial) to kill
    Klipp honom! ― Kill him!
Conjugation
Conjugation of klippa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive klippa klippas
Supine klippt klippts
Imperative klipp —
Imper. plural1 klippen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative klipper klippte klipps, klippes klipptes
Ind. plural1 klippa klippte klippas klipptes
Subjunctive2 klippe klippte klippes klipptes
Participles
Present participle klippande
Past participle klippt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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