vaxa
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apparently from Latin *vagina, from vagīna. Doublet of vaíña. Compare also Portuguese vagem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vaxa f (plural vaxas)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “vaxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “vaxa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “vaxa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.
Verb[edit]
vaxa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative óx, third-person plural past indicative uxu, supine vaxið)
- to grow
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From the noun vax (“wax”).
Verb[edit]
vaxa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaxaði, supine vaxað)
- to wax (apply wax to)
Conjugation[edit]
vaxa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vaxa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
vaxað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vaxandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vaxa | við vöxum | present (nútíð) |
ég vaxi | við vöxum |
þú vaxar | þið vaxið | þú vaxir | þið vaxið | ||
hann, hún, það vaxar | þeir, þær, þau vaxa | hann, hún, það vaxi | þeir, þær, þau vaxi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég vaxaði | við vöxuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég vaxaði | við vöxuðum |
þú vaxaðir | þið vöxuðuð | þú vaxaðir | þið vöxuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það vaxaði | þeir, þær, þau vöxuðu | hann, hún, það vaxaði | þeir, þær, þau vöxuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vaxa (þú) | vaxið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
vaxaðu | vaxiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
vaxaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
vaxaður | vöxuð | vaxað | vaxaðir | vaxaðar | vöxuð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
vaxaðan | vaxaða | vaxað | vaxaða | vaxaðar | vöxuð | |
dative (þágufall) |
vöxuðum | vaxaðri | vöxuðu | vöxuðum | vöxuðum | vöxuðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
vaxaðs | vaxaðrar | vaxaðs | vaxaðra | vaxaðra | vaxaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
vaxaði | vaxaða | vaxaða | vöxuðu | vöxuðu | vöxuðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
vaxaða | vöxuðu | vaxaða | vöxuðu | vöxuðu | vöxuðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
vaxaða | vöxuðu | vaxaða | vöxuðu | vöxuðu | vöxuðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
vaxaða | vöxuðu | vaxaða | vöxuðu | vöxuðu | vöxuðu |
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to increase, enlarge”).
Verb[edit]
vaxa (singular past indicative óx, plural past indicative óxu, past participle vaxinn)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vaxa — active (strong class 6)
infinitive | vaxa | |
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present participle | vaxandi | |
past participle | vaxinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | vex | óx |
2nd-person singular | vex | óxt |
3rd-person singular | vex | óx |
1st-person plural | vǫxum | óxum |
2nd-person plural | vaxið | óxuð |
3rd-person plural | vaxa | óxu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | vaxa | ǿxa |
2nd-person singular | vaxir | ǿxir |
3rd-person singular | vaxi | ǿxi |
1st-person plural | vaxim | ǿxim |
2nd-person plural | vaxið | ǿxið |
3rd-person plural | vaxi | ǿxi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | vax | |
1st-person plural | vǫxum | |
2nd-person plural | vaxið |
Conjugation of vaxa — mediopassive (strong class 6)
infinitive | vaxask | |
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present participle | vaxandisk | |
past participle | vaxizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | vǫxumk | óxumk |
2nd-person singular | vexk | óxk |
3rd-person singular | vexk | óxk |
1st-person plural | vǫxumsk | óxumsk |
2nd-person plural | vaxizk | óxuzk |
3rd-person plural | vaxask | óxusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | vǫxumk | ǿxumk |
2nd-person singular | vaxisk | ǿxisk |
3rd-person singular | vaxisk | ǿxisk |
1st-person plural | vaximsk | ǿximsk |
2nd-person plural | vaxizk | ǿxizk |
3rd-person plural | vaxisk | ǿxisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | vaxk | |
1st-person plural | vǫxumsk | |
2nd-person plural | vaxizk |
Related terms[edit]
- vǫxtr m
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: vaxa
- Faroese: vaksa, veksa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: veksa, vekse
- Helsingian: väksa (class 3)
- Old Swedish: vaxa, væxa
- Swedish: växa
- Old Danish: waxæ
- Gutnish: vaksa
References[edit]
- “vaxa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
vaxa (present vaxar, preterite vaxade, supine vaxat, imperative vaxa)
- to wax, to apply wax to something, usually to make the surface shiny
- to wax, to remove hair by applying wax
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of vaxa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | vaxa | vaxas | ||
Supine | vaxat | vaxats | ||
Imperative | vaxa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | vaxen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | vaxar | vaxade | vaxas | vaxades |
Ind. plural1 | vaxa | vaxade | vaxas | vaxades |
Subjunctive2 | vaxe | vaxade | vaxes | vaxades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vaxande | |||
Past participle | vaxad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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