driva

== French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: drivas, drivât === Verb === driva third-person singular past historic of driver == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === drive (e and split infinitives) === Etymology === From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare with Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²driːʋɑ/ === Verb === driva (present tense driv, past tense dreiv, supine drive, past participle driven, present participle drivande, imperative driv) to drive, move (e.g. a herd of cattle) to propel to run (e.g. a business) to wander aimlessly to do, occupy oneself with something. to be adrift, (float at random) ==== Derived terms ==== drivis === References === “driva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). === Verb === drīva to drive away ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: driiw (Föhr-Amrum), driwe (Mooring), driiv (Sylt), driwwe (Wiedingharde) Saterland Frisian: drieuwe West Frisian: driuwe == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną. === Verb === drīva drive forward; push on force manage; perform inflict drift; wander about ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: driva == Slovene == === Verb === driva first-person dual imperative of dreti == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdriːˌva/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse drífa f, derived from the verb. ==== Noun ==== driva c a drift (usually of snow) Synonym: (snowdrift) snödriva ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish drīva, from Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Danish and Norwegian drive, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Frisian driuwe, Dutch drijven, German treiben. ==== Verb ==== driva (present driver, preterite drev, supine drivit, imperative driv) to drive (to compel) to drift; wander about (driva runt/driva omkring) to operate, run (a company, campaign etc.) (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to make fun of, to mess with, to take the piss, to tease (have fun at the expense of someone, make fun of something) ===== Usage notes ===== Köra (“drive”) or åka (“go”) is used for driving a vehicle. "Take the piss" is often a good match for meaning in (etymology 2 sense 4), though driva is not vulgar. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== driftkucku göra sig lustig över åtlöje === References === “driva”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “driva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “driva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === Arvid, Vidar, virad, vrida