sissa

Faroese

Verb

sissa (third person singular past indicative sissaði, third person plural past indicative sissaðu, supine sissað)

  1. to calm down, to reassure, to soothe

Usage notes
  • sissa teg! - calm down!
  • sissa seg - to calm down
  • sissast (reflexive) - to calm down
  • (reflexive past tense) fólkið sissaðist aftur - the people calmed down again

Conjugation
Conjugation of sissa (group v-30)
infinitive sissa
supine sissað
participle (a6)1 sissandi sissaður
present past
first singular sissi sissaði
second singular sissar sissaði
third singular sissar sissaði
plural sissa sissaðu
imperative
singular sissa!
plural sissið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sessijaną.

Verb

sissa

  1. (transitive) to seat

Conjugation
Conjugation of sissa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive sissa
present participle sissandi
past participle sissaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular sissa sissaða
2nd-person singular sissar sissaðir
3rd-person singular sissar sissaði
1st-person plural sissum sissuðum
2nd-person plural sissið sissuðuð
3rd-person plural sissa sissuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular sissa sissaða
2nd-person singular sissir sissaðir
3rd-person singular sissi sissaði
1st-person plural sissim sissaðim
2nd-person plural sissið sissaðið
3rd-person plural sissi sissaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular sissa
1st-person plural sissum
2nd-person plural sissið
Conjugation of sissa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive sissask
present participle sissandisk
past participle sissazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular sissumk sissuðumk
2nd-person singular sissask sissaðisk
3rd-person singular sissask sissaðisk
1st-person plural sissumsk sissuðumsk
2nd-person plural sissizk sissuðuzk
3rd-person plural sissask sissuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular sissumk sissuðumk
2nd-person singular sissisk sissaðisk
3rd-person singular sissisk sissaðisk
1st-person plural sissimsk sissaðimsk
2nd-person plural sissizk sissaðizk
3rd-person plural sissisk sissaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular sissask
1st-person plural sissumsk
2nd-person plural sissizk

Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sessa, sesse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sesse
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