brjóta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brjóta, from Proto-Germanic *breutaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprjouːta/
    Rhymes: -ouːta

Verb

brjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative braut, third-person plural past indicative brutu, supine brotið)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to break
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative, of laundry, paper, etc.) to fold
  3. (impersonal) to break
    Sjórinn var ófær ef öldu braut á eyjunni.
    The sea was impassable if a wave broke on the island.
    Ölduna braut á skerinu.
    The wave broke on the skerry.
    Bátinn braut í spón.
    The boat was smashed into pieces.

Conjugation

brjótast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að brjótast
supine
(sagnbót)		 brotist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 brjótandist **
** 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 brýst við brjótumst present
(nútíð)		 ég brjótist við brjótumst
þú brýst þið brjótist þú brjótist þið brjótist
hann, hún, það brýst þeir, þær, þau brjótast hann, hún, það brjótist þeir, þær, þau brjótist
past
(þátíð)		 ég braust við brutumst past
(þátíð)		 ég brytist við brytumst
þú braust þið brutust þú brytist þið brytust
hann, hún, það braust þeir, þær, þau brutust hann, hún, það brytist þeir, þær, þau brytust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 brjóst (þú) brjótist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
brjóstu brjótisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
brotinn — 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)		 brotinn brotin brotið brotnir brotnar brotin
accusative
(þolfall)		 brotinn brotna brotið brotna brotnar brotin
dative
(þágufall)		 brotnum brotinni brotnu brotnum brotnum brotnum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 brotins brotinnar brotins brotinna brotinna brotinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 brotni brotna brotna brotnu brotnu brotnu
accusative
(þolfall)		 brotna brotnu brotna brotnu brotnu brotnu
dative
(þágufall)		 brotna brotnu brotna brotnu brotnu brotnu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 brotna brotnu brotna brotnu brotnu brotnu

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