"horfa" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɔrva/
Rhymes: -ɔrva Etymology: From Old Norse horfa (“to turn toward, face”), from Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (“to turn, veer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|horfa|t=to turn toward, face}} Old Norse horfa (“to turn toward, face”), {{inh|is|gem-pro|*hwurbōną|t=to turn, veer}} Proto-Germanic *hwurbōną (“to turn, veer”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} horfa f (genitive singular horfu, nominative plural horfur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: horfu [genitive, singular], horfur [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], horfa [indefinite, nominative, singular], horfan [definite, nominative, singular], horfur [indefinite, nominative, plural], horfurnar [definite, nominative, plural], horfu [accusative, indefinite, singular], horfuna [accusative, definite, singular], horfur [accusative, indefinite, plural], horfurnar [accusative, definite, plural], horfu [dative, indefinite, singular], horfunni [dative, definite, singular], horfum [dative, indefinite, plural], horfunum [dative, definite, plural], horfu [genitive, indefinite, singular], horfunnar [definite, genitive, singular], horfa [genitive, indefinite, plural], horfanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. look, aspect Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-horfa-is-noun-4K7EiqLW Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 66 13 12 8
  2. (in the plural) outlook Tags: feminine, in-plural
    Sense id: en-horfa-is-noun-T1PGwwH5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɔrva/ Forms: horfði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], horft [supine]
Rhymes: -ɔrva Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|horfði||{{{22}}}|supine|horft||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} horfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative horfði, supine horft)
  1. to look at, to watch [with á (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’] Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-horfa-is-verb-XDASyGJp
  2. to face Tags: weak Synonyms: snúa
    Sense id: en-horfa-is-verb-m-unu1fJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bjóða við að horfa, horfa á, horfa í að gera, horfa upp á, horfast
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "english": "The outlook is good.",
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          "text": "Horfurnar eru slæmar.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɔrva/"
    },
    {
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          "text": "Veggurinn horfir í austur.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɔrva/"
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      "word": "horfa á"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to look at, to watch [with á (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The wall faces east.",
          "text": "Veggurinn horfir í austur.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to face"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "snúa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔrva/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔrva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "horfa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for horfa meaning in Icelandic (6.3kB)

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