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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. By surface analysis, fisk +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
    Hvussu nógvar fiskar hevur tú fiskað?
    How many fish did you fish?
  2. to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales) [with upp]
  3. to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy) [with eftir]

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fiska (group v-30)
infinitive fiska
supine fiskað
participle (a6)1 fiskandi fiskaður
present past
first singular fiski fiskaði
second singular fiskar fiskaði
third singular fiskar fiskaði
plural fiska fiskaðu
imperative
singular fiska!
plural fiskið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse fiska (to fish), from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk +‎ -a.

Verb

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fiska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fiskaði, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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fiska

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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fiska

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

Old Norse

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Noun

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fiska

  1. accusative/genitive plural of fiskr

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fiska (present fiskar, preterite fiskade, supine fiskat, imperative fiska)

  1. to fish

Conjugation

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