byksa

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse byxa sér (“jump”), probably from Middle Low German, from Middle High German bückezen (“jump like a buck”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bykse (with e and split infinitives) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²bʏksɑ/ ==== Verb ==== byksa (present tense bykser, past tense bykste, past participle bykst, passive infinitive byksast, present participle byksande, imperative byks) (intransitive) to jump suddenly and vigorously 1894, Per Sivle, "Svolder": ===== Conjugation ===== This verb is conjugated as a weak verb (as seen above), and has been conjugated as a weak verb all the way back to its origins in Old Norse byxa. Ivar Aasen (1848), however, notes in his grammar that it may be conjugated as a strong verb (byks – boks – bokset) in a few locations. But he still sees the weak conjugation as the most correct one. ===== Derived terms ===== byks n === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Alternative forms ==== byksi (archaic) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbʏksɑ/ ==== Noun ==== byksa n definite plural of byks === References === “byksa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.