grafa

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See also: grāfa and grāfā

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grafa (to dig), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (to dig, scratch, scrape).

Verb

grafa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gróf, third-person plural past indicative grófu, supine grafið)

  1. to dig
  2. to bury
    Synonym: greftra
  3. to engrave
    Synonym: skera
  4. to enquire
    Synonyms: grafast, spyrja
  5. (impersonal) to suppurate, fester
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
grafa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur grafa
supine sagnbót grafið
present participle
grafandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég gref gróf grafi græfi
þú grefur grófst grafir græfir
hann, hún, það grefur gróf grafi græfi
plural við gröfum grófum gröfum græfum
þið grafið grófuð grafið græfuð
þeir, þær, þau grafa grófu grafi græfu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú graf (þú), grafðu
plural þið grafið (þið), grafiði1
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More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
grafast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur grafast
supine sagnbót grafist
present participle
grafandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég grefst grófst grafist græfist
þú grefst grófst grafist græfist
hann, hún, það grefst grófst grafist græfist
plural við gröfumst grófumst gröfumst græfumst
þið grafist grófust grafist græfust
þeir, þær, þau grafast grófust grafist græfust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú grafst (þú), grafstu
plural þið grafist (þið), grafisti1
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1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
grafinn — 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)
grafinn grafin grafið grafnir grafnar grafin
accusative
(þolfall)
grafinn grafna grafið grafna grafnar grafin
dative
(þágufall)
gröfnum grafinni gröfnu gröfnum gröfnum gröfnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
grafins grafinnar grafins grafinna grafinna grafinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
grafni grafna grafna gröfnu gröfnu gröfnu
accusative
(þolfall)
grafna gröfnu grafna gröfnu gröfnu gröfnu
dative
(þágufall)
grafna gröfnu grafna gröfnu gröfnu gröfnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
grafna gröfnu grafna gröfnu gröfnu gröfnu
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Derived terms
  • grafa skurði (to trench)
  • grafa undan (to undermine)

Etymology 2

From the verb grafa (to dig).

Noun

grafa f (genitive singular gröfu, nominative plural gröfur)

  1. an excavator, a digger; (large machine used to dig holes and trenches)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
Declension of grafa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grafa grafan gröfur gröfurnar
accusative gröfu gröfuna gröfur gröfurnar
dative gröfu gröfunni gröfum gröfunum
genitive gröfu gröfunnar grafa grafanna
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Derived terms
  • keðjugrafa (trencher)
  • traktorsgrafa (excavator loader)
  • vélgrafa (mechanical excavator)
  • víragrafa (rope-operated excavator)
  • vökvagrafa (hydraulic excavator)

Etymology 3

Noun

grafa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gröf

Irish

Participle

grafa

  1. past participle of graf (write; draw, sketch; graph, plot, chart)

Noun

grafa m sg

  1. genitive singular of grafadh

Noun

grafa m pl

  1. vocative plural of graf (graph, chart)

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...
Mutated forms of grafa
radical lenition eclipsis
grafa ghrafa ngrafa
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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