"fiska" meaning in Faroese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪska/
Rhymes: -ɪska Etymology: From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. By surface analysis, fisk + -a. Etymology templates: {{inh|fo|non|fiska}} Old Norse fiska, {{inh|fo|gem-pro|*fiskōną}} Proto-Germanic *fiskōną, {{surf|fo|fisk|-a}} By surface analysis, fisk + -a Head templates: {{head|fo|verb|||||third person singular past indicative|fiskaði|third person plural past indicative|fiskaðu|supine|fiskað|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað), {{fo-verb|fiskaði|fiskaðu|fiskað}} fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað) Forms: fiskaði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], fiskaðu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], fiskað [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], fiska [infinitive], fiskað [supine], fiski [first-person, present, singular], fiskaði [first-person, past, singular], fiskar [present, second-person, singular], fiskaði [past, second-person, singular], fiskar [present, singular, third-person], fiskaði [past, singular, third-person], fiska [plural, present], fiskaðu [past, plural], fiskandi [participle, present], fiskaður [participle, past], fiska! [imperative, singular], fiskið! [imperative, plural]
  1. to fish
    Sense id: en-fiska-fo-verb-pC7C3yUI Categories (other): Faroese terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Faroese terms suffixed with -a: 28 39 33
  2. to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales) [with upp]
    Sense id: en-fiska-fo-verb-OCw54Jr7 Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Faroese terms suffixed with -a, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 10 72 19 Disambiguation of Faroese terms suffixed with -a: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 7 42 9 9 3 9 9 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 59 6 6 2 6 6 6 2
  3. to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy) [with eftir]
    Sense id: en-fiska-fo-verb-0n0swD-l Categories (other): Faroese terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Faroese terms suffixed with -a: 28 39 33

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "fiska"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fiska",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaðu",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskað",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskað",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiski",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskandi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaður",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiska!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskið!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "12": "fiskað",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "fiskaði",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fiskaði",
        "2": "fiskaðu",
        "3": "fiskað"
      },
      "expansion": "fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)",
      "name": "fo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "28 39 33",
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          "name": "Faroese terms suffixed with -a",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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              36
            ]
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            ],
            [
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              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How many fish did you fish?",
          "text": "Hvussu nógvar fiskar hevur tú fiskað?",
          "translation": "How many fish did you fish?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to fish"
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          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales)"
      ],
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        "to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales) [with upp]"
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    },
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      ],
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        "to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy)"
      ],
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          },
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              "eftir"
            ]
          },
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        }
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        ]
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        "to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy) [with eftir]"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪska/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪska"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiska"
}

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    "Faroese lemmas",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms suffixed with -a",
    "Faroese verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Faroese/ɪska",
    "Rhymes:Faroese/ɪska/2 syllables"
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      },
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fiskaðu",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskað",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskað",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiski",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskandi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskaður",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiska!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fiskið!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "fiskaði",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
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      },
      "expansion": "fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)",
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    },
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        "1": "fiskaði",
        "2": "fiskaðu",
        "3": "fiskað"
      },
      "expansion": "fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "verb",
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          ],
          "english": "How many fish did you fish?",
          "text": "Hvussu nógvar fiskar hevur tú fiskað?",
          "translation": "How many fish did you fish?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to fish"
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales)"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy)"
      ],
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        "to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy) [with eftir]"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪska/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪska"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fiska"
}

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