spýggja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spýja (compare Icelandic spýja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish spy), from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, whence also Dutch spuwen, German speien, English spew, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”).

Verb

spýggja (third person singular past indicative spýði, third person plural past indicative spýð, supine spýð)

  1. to vomit

Conjugation

Conjugation of spýggja (group v-34)
infinitive spýggja
supine spýð
present past
first singular spýggi spýði
second singular spýrt spýði
third singular spýr spýði
plural spýggja spýðu
participle (-)1 spýggjandi -
imperative
singular spýggj!
plural spýggið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

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