fletta

See also: flétta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fletta.

Verb

fletta (third person singular past indicative fletti, third person plural past indicative flettu, supine flett)

  1. to flay
  2. to slaughter

Conjugation

Conjugation of fletta (group v-9)
infinitive fletta
supine flett
participle (a5)1 flettandi flettur
present past
first singular fletti fletti
second singular flettir fletti
third singular flettir fletti
plural fletta flettu
imperative
singular flett!
plural flettið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fletta, ultimately from the source of Proto-Germanic *splītaną (to split).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛhta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhta

Verb

fletta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fletti, supine flett)

  1. to peel, strip, remove a (thin) outer layer
  2. to turn (a page)

Conjugation

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1000, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1000

Italian

Verb

fletta

  1. inflection of flettere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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