orsaka

Faroese

Etymology

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Verb

orsaka (third person singular past indicative orsakaði, supine orsakað)

  1. to excuse, apologize

Conjugation

Conjugation of orsaka (group v-30)
infinitive orsaka
supine orsakað
participle (a6)1 orsakandi orsakaður
present past
first singular orsaki orsakaði
second singular orsakar orsakaði
third singular orsakar orsakaði
plural orsaka orsakaðu
imperative
singular orsaka!
plural orsakið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Interjection

orsaka!

  1. excuse me!

Further reading

"orsaka" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr̥.saːka/

Verb

orsaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative orsakaði, supine orsakað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to cause, to bring about
    Synonym: valda

Conjugation

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From or (out of) + sak (matter, case).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːʂaːka/, /uːʂaːka/ (not guttural R dialects)

Verb

orsaka (present tense orsakar, past tense orsaka, past participle orsaka, passive infinitive orsakast, present participle orsakande, imperative orsaka/orsak)

  1. to forgive
  2. (passive voice) to apologise
    Han neitta å orsaka seg.
    He refused to apologise.

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German orsaken, equivalent of orsak (a cause) + -a. Cognate with Danish årsage, Norwegian Bokmål forårsake, Norwegian Nynorsk forårsake, forårsaka, Middle Dutch orsaken, older Dutch oorzaken and older German ursachen.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

orsaka (present orsakar, preterite orsakade, supine orsakat, imperative orsaka)

  1. to cause

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

Further reading

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