sløkkja

Faroese

Verb

sløkkja (third person singular past indicative sløkti, third person plural past indicative sløkt, supine sløkt)

1. (transitive) to extinguish, to put out

Conjugation

Conjugation of sløkkja (group v-13)
infinitive	sløkkja
supine	sløkt
participle (a5)1	sløkkjandi	sløktur
	present	past
first singular	sløkki	sløkti
second singular	sløkkir	sløkti
third singular	sløkkir	sløkti
plural	sløkkja	sløktu
	imperative
singular	sløkk!
plural	sløkkið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sløkkje
• sløkka
• sløkke

Etymology

From Old Norse sløkkva, slekkja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²slœçːɑ/

Verb

sløkkja (present tense sløkkjer, past tense sløkte, past participle sløkt, passive infinitive sløkkjast, present participle sløkkjande, imperative sløkk)

1. to quench

   Piggsvinet sat ved bekken og sløkte torsten sin.

   The hedgehog sat by the creek quenching its thirst.

2. to switch off

   Sløkk lyset når du går!

   Switch off the light when you leave!

3. to put out, extinguish

   Brannvesenet sløkte brannen.

   The fire brigade put out the fire.

References

• “sløkkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.