deila

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deila, cognate with Old English dǣlan ( > Modern English deal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteiːla/
    Rhymes: -eiːla

Verb

deila (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative deildi, supine deilt)

  1. (transitive) to divide, to split
  2. (transitive, mathematics) to divide
  3. (transitive) to share
  4. (intransitive) to argue, to quarrel

Conjugation

deilast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að deilast
supine
(sagnbót)		 deilst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 deilandist **
** 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 deilist við deilumst present
(nútíð)		 ég deilist við deilumst
þú deilist þið deilist þú deilist þið deilist
hann, hún, það deilist þeir, þær, þau deilast hann, hún, það deilist þeir, þær, þau deilist
past
(þátíð)		 ég deildist við deildumst past
(þátíð)		 ég deildist við deildumst
þú deildist þið deildust þú deildist þið deildust
hann, hún, það deildist þeir, þær, þau deildust hann, hún, það deildist þeir, þær, þau deildust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 deilst (þú) deilist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
deilstu deilisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Noun

deila f (genitive singular deilu, no plural)

  1. contention, quarrel, discord

Declension

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