"passa" meaning in Icelandic

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Verb

IPA: /ˈpʰasːa/
Rhymes: -asːa Etymology: The "take care of" sense is borrowed from Danish passe (“to look after”), while the "fit" sense is also from passe in the "fit" sense. Etymology templates: {{bor+|is|da|passe|nocap=1|t=to look after}} borrowed from Danish passe (“to look after”) Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|passaði||{{{22}}}|supine|passað||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} passa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative passaði, supine passað) Forms: passaði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], passað [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], passaður [masculine, nominative, singular], pössuð [feminine, nominative, singular], passað [neuter, nominative, singular], passaðir [masculine, nominative, plural], passaðar [feminine, nominative, plural], pössuð [neuter, nominative, plural], passaðan [accusative, masculine, singular], passaða [accusative, feminine, singular], passað [accusative, neuter, singular], passaða [accusative, masculine, plural], passaðar [accusative, feminine, plural], pössuð [accusative, neuter, plural], pössuðum [dative, masculine, singular], passaðri [dative, feminine, singular], pössuðu [dative, neuter, singular], pössuðum [dative, masculine, plural], pössuðum [dative, feminine, plural], pössuðum [dative, neuter, plural], passaðs [genitive, masculine, singular], passaðrar [feminine, genitive, singular], passaðs [genitive, neuter, singular], passaðra [genitive, masculine, plural], passaðra [feminine, genitive, plural], passaðra [genitive, neuter, plural], passaði [masculine, nominative, singular], passaða [feminine, nominative, singular], passaða [neuter, nominative, singular], pössuðu [masculine, nominative, plural], pössuðu [feminine, nominative, plural], pössuðu [neuter, nominative, plural], passaða [accusative, masculine, singular], pössuðu [accusative, feminine, singular], passaða [accusative, neuter, singular], pössuðu [accusative, masculine, plural], pössuðu [accusative, feminine, plural], pössuðu [accusative, neuter, plural], passaða [dative, masculine, singular], pössuðu [dative, feminine, singular], passaða [dative, neuter, singular], pössuðu [dative, masculine, plural], pössuðu [dative, feminine, plural], pössuðu [dative, neuter, plural], passaða [genitive, masculine, singular], pössuðu [feminine, genitive, singular], passaða [genitive, neuter, singular], pössuðu [genitive, masculine, plural], pössuðu [feminine, genitive, plural], pössuðu [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. to fit (be the right size and shape, also of clothing), to be convenient, to be appropriate Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-passa-is-verb-42m8QRom
  2. to look after, mind, to babysit Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-passa-is-verb-lRVwV1~n Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: passa sig
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "form": "passaði",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passað",
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        "supine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "passaður",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pössuð",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "passað",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "passaðir",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pössuð",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaðan",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pössuð",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "pössuðum",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaðri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðum",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "pössuðum",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaðs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaðrar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaðs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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    },
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      "form": "passaðra",
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      "form": "passaðra",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "passaðra",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaði",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaða",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "passaða",
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        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "4": "",
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        "7": "",
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  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fit (be the right size and shape, also of clothing), to be convenient, to be appropriate"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "fit",
          "fit"
        ],
        [
          "convenient",
          "convenient"
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          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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      "glosses": [
        "to look after, mind, to babysit"
      ],
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          "look after",
          "look after"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ],
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          "babysit",
          "babysit"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʰasːa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asːa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "passa"
}
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    "Icelandic verbs",
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    "Pages with 16 entries",
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    {
      "word": "passa sig"
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      "form": "pössuð",
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        "nominative",
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    {
      "form": "passaðrar",
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        "nominative",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
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    {
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "passaða",
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "passaða",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pössuðu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "passað",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{33}}}",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "weak verb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular past indicative",
        "6": "passaði",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{22}}}",
        "9": "supine",
        "cat2": "weak verbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "passa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative passaði, supine passað)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fit (be the right size and shape, also of clothing), to be convenient, to be appropriate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fit",
          "fit"
        ],
        [
          "convenient",
          "convenient"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to look after, mind, to babysit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look after",
          "look after"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ],
        [
          "babysit",
          "babysit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʰasːa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asːa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "passa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for passa meaning in Icelandic (6.1kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "passa",
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  ],
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