drepa

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse drepa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹeːpa/ === Verb === drepa (third person singular past indicative drap, third person plural past indicative drópu, supine dripið) to kill (chess) to capture to dip to move to get wet to drop ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (kill): taka lívið av, taka av døgum, avlíva, veita bana, sláa í hel (capture): taka, beina fyri (dip): dýva, stinga (move): rørast (get wet): vatndrukna (drop): dryppa, leka == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse drepa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrɛːpa/ Rhymes: -ɛːpa === Verb === drepa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drap, third-person plural past indicative drápu, supine drepið) to beat, hit [intransitive or with accusative] to kill [intransitive or with accusative] (chess) to capture [with accusative] to dip [intransitive or with dative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== drepa á dyr drepa á drepa á sér drepast == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === drepe (e infinitive) === Etymology === From Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), cognate with German treffen, Dutch treffen, and English drub. Doublet of treffe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²drɛːpa/, [²drɛ̝ːpɐ̞] === Verb === drepa (present tense drep, past tense drap, supine drepe, past participle drepen, present participle drepande, imperative drep) To kill, to murder. Ho er mistenkt for å ha drepe faren sin. She is suspected of having killed her father. Ein person vart drepen og to alvorleg såra i ei bilulukke. One person was killed and two were seriously injured in a car accident. Den drepne var 40 år gamal. The victim was 40 years old. (literally: "the killed was 40 years old") To ruin, strain, extinguish, kill. (of persons) Den evinnelege masinga di har drepe arbeidslysta mi! Your constant nagging has ruined my zeal for work! Den filmen var drepande keisam! That film was incredibly boring! (literally: "that film was killingly boring") Då du sa dei orda, drap du kjenslene hennar. When you said those words, you killed her feelings. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== brønndreping drepande == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”); cognate with Old English drepan, German treffen (“hit, meet”). === Verb === drepa (singular past indicative drap, plural past indicative drápu, past participle drepinn) to beat, to hit, to push, to knock to kill, to slay to capture (e.g. in chess) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: drepa Faroese: drepa Norwegian Nynorsk: drepe, drepa, dribba (dialectal) Old Swedish: dræpa Swedish: dräpa Danish: dræbe Norwegian Bokmål: drepe Old Gutnish: drepa === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “drepa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive