reisa

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɹaiːsa]

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse reisa, from Middle Low German reise.

Noun

reisa f (genitive singular reisu, plural reisur)

  1. journey
  2. time, times
Declension
Declension of reisa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reisa reisan reisur reisurnar
accusative reisu reisuna reisur reisurnar
dative reisu reisuni reisum reisunum
genitive reisu reisunnar reisa reisanna
Synonyms

Etymology 2

A merger of ríse, from Old Norse rísa (“rise”) and Old Norse reisa (“raise”). In the sense "go, travel" from Middle Low German reisen.

Verb

reisa (third person singular past indicative reisti, third person plural past indicative reist, supine reist)

  1. to raise, to lever, to lift
  2. to build
  3. to begin
  4. (colloquial) to travel
Conjugation
Synonyms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreiːsa/
  • Rhymes: -eiːsa

Verb

reisa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reisti, supine reist)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to raise, to lift
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to erect, to build

Conjugation

reisast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að reisast
supine
(sagnbót)		 reist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 reisandist **
** 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 reisist við reisumst present
(nútíð)		 ég reisist við reisumst
þú reisist þið reisist þú reisist þið reisist
hann, hún, það reisist þeir, þær, þau reisast hann, hún, það reisist þeir, þær, þau reisist
past
(þátíð)		 ég reistist við reistumst past
(þátíð)		 ég reistist við reistumst
þú reistist þið reistust þú reistist þið reistust
hann, hún, það reistist þeir, þær, þau reistust hann, hún, það reistist þeir, þær, þau reistust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 reist (þú) reisist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
reistu reisisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

reisa m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of reise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

reisa f

  1. definite singular of reise

Verb

reisa (present tense reiser, past tense reiste, past participle reist, passive infinitive reisast, present participle reisande, imperative reis)

  1. Alternative form of reise
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