vifta

== Icelandic == === Etymology === A 17th century borrowing from Danish vifte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɪfta] Rhymes: -ɪfta === Noun === vifta f (genitive singular viftu, nominative plural viftur) fan (handheld device) fan (electrical device) ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === viften === Noun === vifta m or f definite feminine singular of vifte == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ʋɪftɑ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse veifa. ==== Alternative forms ==== vifte ==== Verb ==== vifta (present tense viftar, past tense vifta, past participle vifta, passive infinitive viftast, present participle viftande, imperative vifta/vift) (transitive) to fan (intransitive) to blow (to be suspended and be moved by the wind) === Etymology 2 === From the verb in Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== vifta f definite singular of vifte === References === “vifta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Verb === vifta (present viftar, preterite viftade, supine viftat, imperative vifta) (transitively with med or (less common) på) to vigorously wave (especially something that can flap) (with på or (less common) med) to wag (a tail) (with a particle like bort (“away”) or undan (“away”)) to drive off (with a waving motion, of insects or the like) (with a particle like bort (“away”) or undan (“away”), figuratively) to brush off (criticism or the like) ==== Usage notes ==== Vippa is used for a bird wagging its tail. See also stjärt, which is used for the tails of certain animals. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== See also ==== stjärt (tail, of certain animals) svans (tail, of certain animals) === References === “vifta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “vifta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “vifta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)