sýnast

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb sýna (“to show”) + -st (“a suffix which turns verbs into middle voice verbs”). See also the appendix about the Icelandic middle voice verbs.

Verb

sýnast (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sýndist, supine sýnst)

  1. to pretend, to put on a front
  2. to like, to please
    Ég geri það sem mér sýnist.
    I do as I please.
  3. to seem to one
    Mér sýnist þetta ganga vel.
    To me it seems to be going well.

Derived terms

  • ekki er allt sem sýnist (things aren't always what they seem to be, appearances can deceive, appearances can be deceiving; confer ekki allur þar sem hann er séður)
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