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See also: kyssä

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰɪsːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsːa
  • Hyphenation: kys‧sa

Verb

kyssa (third person singular past indicative kysti, third person plural past indicative kyst, supine kyst)

  1. (transitive) to kiss
    brúðgómurin kysti konu sína í hondina
    the groom kissed his wife's hand
    (literally, “the groom kissed his bride on the hand”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kyssa (group v-9nn)
infinitive kyssa
supine kyst
participle (a39)1 kyssandi kystur
present past
first singular kyssi kysti
second singular kyssir kysti
third singular kyssir kysti
plural kyssa kystu
imperative
singular kyss!
plural kyssið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
nouns

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa (to kiss), from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

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kyssa

  1. to kiss
    Kysstu mig!
    Kiss me!
    Viltu kyssa mig?
    Do you want to kiss me?
    Hefurðu einhvern tíma kysst einhvern?
    Have you ever kissed someone?

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kyssa m or n

  1. definite plural of kyss

Verb

kyssa

  1. inflection of kysse:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Verb

kyssa (present tense kyssar/kysser, past tense kyssa/kyste, past participle kyssa/kyst, passive infinitive kyssast, present participle kyssande, imperative kyssa/kyss)

  1. to kiss (touch with the lips)

Etymology 2

Noun

kyssa m or n

  1. definite neuter plural of kyss

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussijaną, whence also Old English cyssan (English kiss), Old Frisian kessa, Old Saxon kussian, Dutch kussen, Old High German kussen (German küssen).

Verb

kyssa

  1. to kiss

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kyssa
  • Faroese: kyssa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kyssa; (dialectal) kjøssa, kissa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kysse
  • Old Swedish: kyssa
  • Danish: kysse
  • Gutnish: kyssa, kysse

References

  • kyssa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Verb

kyssa

  1. to kiss

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • kyßa (obsolete typography)

Etymology

From Old Swedish kyssa, from Old Norse kyssa, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕʏsːa/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

kyssa (present kysser, preterite kysste, supine kysst, imperative kyss)

  1. to kiss passionately or with great affection (compare with pussa), to snog (UK)

Conjugation

Further reading

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Noun

kyssa (definite accusative kyssany, plural kyssalar)

  1. prose, story

Declension