stöðva

See also: stǫðva

Icelandic

Verb

stöðva (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stöðvaði, supine stöðvað)

(transitive, governs the accusative) to stop someone or something, (to cause to come to a stop) ^syn.
Lögregluþjónninn bað ökumann bifreiðarinnar að stöðva bílinn.
The police constable asked the motorist to stop the car.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

(cause to come to a stop):^def. stoppa

Derived terms

stöðvast (to come to a halt, to stop)

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