kemba
See also: ke-mbá
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃʰɛmpa]
- Rhymes: -ɛmpa
Verb
kemba (third person singular past indicative kembdi, third person plural past indicative kembt, supine kembt)
- to comb
Conjugation
Conjugation of kemba (group v-1) | ||
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infinitive | kemba | |
supine | kembt | |
participle (a7)1 | kembandi | kembdur |
present | past | |
first singular | kembi | kembdi |
second singular | kembir | kembdi |
third singular | kembir | kembdi |
plural | kemba | kembdu |
imperative | ||
singular | kemb! | |
plural | kembið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈcʰɛmpa]
- Rhymes: -ɛmpa
Verb
kemba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kembdi, supine kembt)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to comb
- Stelpan kemdi síða hárið sitt.
- The girl combed her long hair.
- (transitive, governs the accusative, computer science) to debug; (to search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery)
Usage notes
- This term in the sense of combing is used less than greiða, which may be considered the most usual term for combing.
Conjugation
kemba — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kemba | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
kembt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kembandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég kembi | við kembum | present (nútíð) |
ég kembi | við kembum |
þú kembir | þið kembið | þú kembir | þið kembið | ||
hann, hún, það kembir | þeir, þær, þau kemba | hann, hún, það kembi | þeir, þær, þau kembi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég kembdi | við kembdum | past (þátíð) |
ég kembdi | við kembdum |
þú kembdir | þið kembduð | þú kembdir | þið kembduð | ||
hann, hún, það kembdi | þeir, þær, þau kembdu | hann, hún, það kembdi | þeir, þær, þau kembdu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
kemb (þú) | kembið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
kembdu | kembiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
kembast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kembast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
kembst | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kembandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég kembist | við kembumst | present (nútíð) |
ég kembist | við kembumst |
þú kembist | þið kembist | þú kembist | þið kembist | ||
hann, hún, það kembist | þeir, þær, þau kembast | hann, hún, það kembist | þeir, þær, þau kembist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég kembdist | við kembdumst | past (þátíð) |
ég kembdist | við kembdumst |
þú kembdist | þið kembdust | þú kembdist | þið kembdust | ||
hann, hún, það kembdist | þeir, þær, þau kembdust | hann, hún, það kembdist | þeir, þær, þau kembdust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
kembst (þú) | kembist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
kembstu | kembisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
kembdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
kembdur | kembd | kembt | kembdir | kembdar | kembd | |
accusative (þolfall) |
kembdan | kembda | kembt | kembda | kembdar | kembd | |
dative (þágufall) |
kembdum | kembdri | kembdu | kembdum | kembdum | kembdum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
kembds | kembdrar | kembds | kembdra | kembdra | kembdra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
kembdi | kembda | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
kembda | kembdu | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu | |
dative (þágufall) |
kembda | kembdu | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
kembda | kembdu | kembda | kembdu | kembdu | kembdu |
Synonyms
- (comb): greiða
- (debug): aflúsa
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (itself from the Germanic root of kambr, Proto-Germanic *kambaz), whence also Old English cemban (English kemb), Old High German kemben, chempan (German kämmen).
Descendants
References
- “kemba”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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