vekja

== Faroese == === Verb === vekja (transitive) to waken ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛːca/ Rhymes: -ɛːca === Verb === vekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vakti, supine vakið) (transitive) to awaken, to wake up (somebody) ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. === Verb === vekja (3rd singular past indicative vakti, vakði, 3rd plural past indicative vǫktu, vǫkðu, past participle vakiðr or vakinn or vaktr) (transitive) to waken, rouse from sleep (transitive) to stir, rouse (transitive) to cause (impersonal, transitive) to begin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: vekja Faroese: vekja Norwegian Nynorsk: vekkja, vekja Old Swedish: vækia, vækkia Swedish: väcka Old Danish: wækkæ, wækkiæ Danish: vække Norwegian Bokmål: vekke === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vekja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive