"drífa" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtriːva/
Rhymes: -iːva Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} drífa f (genitive singular drífu, nominative plural drífur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: drífu [genitive, singular], drífur [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], drífa [indefinite, nominative, singular], drífan [definite, nominative, singular], drífur [indefinite, nominative, plural], drífurnar [definite, nominative, plural], drífu [accusative, indefinite, singular], drífuna [accusative, definite, singular], drífur [accusative, indefinite, plural], drífurnar [accusative, definite, plural], drífu [dative, indefinite, singular], drífunni [dative, definite, singular], drífum [dative, indefinite, plural], drífunum [dative, definite, plural], drífu [genitive, indefinite, singular], drífunnar [definite, genitive, singular], drífa [genitive, indefinite, plural], drífanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. drift, snowdrift, heavy snowfall Tags: feminine Synonyms: drift
    Sense id: en-drífa-is-noun-AGVls3xd Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈtriːva/
Rhymes: -iːva Etymology: From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Faroese dríva, Danish and Norwegian drive, Swedish driva, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|drífa}} Old Norse drífa, {{der|is|gem-pro|*drībaną}} Proto-Germanic *drībaną, {{der|is|ine-pro|*dʰreybʰ-||to drive, push}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”), {{cog|fo|dríva}} Faroese dríva Head templates: {{head|is|verb|strong verb||third-person singular past indicative|dreif|third-person plural past indicative|drifu|supine|drifið|cat2=strong verbs|head=}} drífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dreif, third-person plural past indicative drifu, supine drifið) Forms: dreif [indicative, past, singular, third-person], drifu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], drifið [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], að drífa [infinitive], drifið [supine], drífandi [participle, present], dríf [indicative, present, singular], drífum [indicative, present, singular], drífur [indicative, present, singular, third-person], drífið [indicative, plural, present], drífur [indicative, plural, present], drífa [indicative, plural, present, third-person], dreif [indicative, past, singular], drifum [indicative, past, singular], dreifst [indicative, past, singular, third-person], drifuð [indicative, past, plural], dreif [indicative, past, plural], drifu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], drífi [present, singular, subjunctive], drífum [present, singular, subjunctive], drífir [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], drífið [plural, present, subjunctive], drífi [plural, present, subjunctive], drífi [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], drifi [past, singular, subjunctive], drifum [past, singular, subjunctive], drifir [past, singular, subjunctive, third-person], drifuð [past, plural, subjunctive], drifi [past, plural, subjunctive], drifu [past, plural, subjunctive, third-person], dríf [past, singular], drífið [past, plural], drífðu [past, pronoun-included, singular], drífiði [past, plural, pronoun-included], no-table-tags [table-tags], drifinn [masculine, nominative, singular], drifin [feminine, nominative, singular], drifið [neuter, nominative, singular], drifnir [masculine, nominative, plural], drifnar [feminine, nominative, plural], drifin [neuter, nominative, plural], drifinn [accusative, masculine, singular], drifna [accusative, feminine, singular], drifið [accusative, neuter, singular], drifna [accusative, masculine, plural], drifnar [accusative, feminine, plural], drifin [accusative, neuter, plural], drifnum [dative, masculine, singular], drifinni [dative, feminine, singular], drifnu [dative, neuter, singular], drifnum [dative, masculine, plural], drifnum [dative, feminine, plural], drifnum [dative, neuter, plural], drifins [genitive, masculine, singular], drifinnar [feminine, genitive, singular], drifins [genitive, neuter, singular], drifinna [genitive, masculine, plural], drifinna [feminine, genitive, plural], drifinna [genitive, neuter, plural], drifni [masculine, nominative, singular], drifna [feminine, nominative, singular], drifna [neuter, nominative, singular], drifnu [masculine, nominative, plural], drifnu [feminine, nominative, plural], drifnu [neuter, nominative, plural], drifna [accusative, masculine, singular], drifnu [accusative, feminine, singular], drifna [accusative, neuter, singular], drifnu [accusative, masculine, plural], drifnu [accusative, feminine, plural], drifnu [accusative, neuter, plural], drifna [dative, masculine, singular], drifnu [dative, feminine, singular], drifna [dative, neuter, singular], drifnu [dative, masculine, plural], drifnu [dative, feminine, plural], drifnu [dative, neuter, plural], drifna [genitive, masculine, singular], drifnu [feminine, genitive, singular], drifna [genitive, neuter, singular], drifnu [genitive, masculine, plural], drifnu [feminine, genitive, plural], drifnu [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. to drive Tags: strong, verb
    Sense id: en-drífa-is-verb-HA4NLKj4 Categories (other): Icelandic links with redundant alt parameters, Icelandic links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "drífa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse drífa",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*drībaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *drībaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰreybʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to drive, push"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "dríva"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese dríva",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Faroese dríva, Danish and Norwegian drive, Swedish driva, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dreif",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifu",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifið",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "að drífa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífandi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dríf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreif",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreifst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifuð",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dreif",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifuð",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dríf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "pronoun-included",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífiði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "pronoun-included"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifinn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifinn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifinni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifins",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifinnar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifins",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifinna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifinna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifinna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "drifið",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "strong verb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular past indicative",
        "6": "dreif",
        "7": "third-person plural past indicative",
        "8": "drifu",
        "9": "supine",
        "cat2": "strong verbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "drífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dreif, third-person plural past indicative drifu, supine drifið)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to drive"
      ],
      "id": "en-drífa-is-verb-HA4NLKj4",
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "strong",
        "verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtriːva/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drífa"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drífu",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífur",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drífanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "drífa f (genitive singular drífu, nominative plural drífur)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "drift, snowdrift, heavy snowfall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drift",
          "drift"
        ],
        [
          "snowdrift",
          "snowdrift"
        ],
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy"
        ],
        [
          "snowfall",
          "snowfall"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "drift"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtriːva/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drífa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for drífa meaning in Icelandic (12.0kB)

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