slokna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse slokna, from Old Norse slokinn, past participle of a verb from Proto-Germanic *slekwaną (“to go out; become extinguished”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack; loose; limp”). Related to English slocken.

Verb

slokna (third person singular past indicative sloknaði, third person plural past indicative sloknað, supine sloknað)

  1. (of a fire, a light, etc.) to go out
  2. (by extension) to die

Conjugation
   Conjugation of slokna
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infinitive slokna
present participle sloknandi
past participle a6 sloknaður
supine sloknað
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present slokni sloknar sloknar slokna
past sloknaði sloknaði sloknaði sloknaðu
imperative – tú – tit
present — slokna! — sloknið!
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