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sýna

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sýna

Verb

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sýna (third person singular past indicative sýndi, supine sýnt)

  1. to show

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sýna (group v-1)
infinitive sýna
supine sýnt
participle (a7)1 sýnandi sýndur
present past
first singular sýni sýndi
second singular sýnir sýndi
third singular sýnir sýndi
plural sýna sýndu
imperative
singular sýn!
plural sýnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

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"sýna" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sýna

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sýna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sýndi, supine sýnt)

  1. (ditransitive) to show
    sýna manninum blaðið.
    To show the paper to the man.
  2. (of art) to exhibit
    Hvenær sýnirðu verkin þín?
    When are you going to show your work?
  3. (of a play) to give a performance

Conjugation

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Noun

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sýna f

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sýn

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From sýnn.

Verb

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sýna (singular past indicative sýndi, plural past indicative sýndu, past participle sýndr)

  1. to show

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: sýna
  • Faroese: sýna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: syna, syne; synast
  • Norwegian Bokmål: synes
  • Old Swedish: sȳna

References

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  • sýna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.