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

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

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

  • klippa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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 gräsetI'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

Further reading

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