fjúka

See also: fjuka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjúka, from Proto-Germanic *feukaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːka/
• Rhymes: -uːka

Verb

fjúka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fauk, third-person plural past indicative fuku, supine fokið)

1. (intransitive) to be drifted by the wind; to be blown away

   Það verður hvasst. Hugið að lausamunum sem geta fokið!

   It's going to be windy. Think of loose objects which could blow away!

Conjugation

fjúka – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fjúka
supine sagnbót		fokið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fjúkandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fýk	fauk		fjúki	fyki
	þú	fýkur	faukst		fjúkir	fykir
	hann, hún, það	fýkur	fauk		fjúki	fyki
plural	við	fjúkum	fukum		fjúkum	fykjum
	þið	fjúkið	fukuð		fjúkið	fykjuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fjúka	fuku		fjúki	fykju
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fjúk (þú), fjúktu
plural	þið	fjúkið (þið), fjúkiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fjúkast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fjúkast
supine sagnbót		fokist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fjúkandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fýkst	faukst		fjúkist	fykist
	þú	fýkst	faukst		fjúkist	fykist
	hann, hún, það	fýkst	faukst		fjúkist	fykist
plural	við	fjúkumst	fukumst		fjúkumst	fykjumst
	þið	fjúkist	fukust		fjúkist	fykjust
	þeir, þær, þau	fjúkast	fukust		fjúkist	fykjust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fjúkst (þú), fjúkstu
plural	þið	fjúkist (þið), fjúkisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

fokinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fokinn	fokin	fokið	foknir	foknar	fokin
accusative (þolfall)	fokinn	fokna	fokið	fokna	foknar	fokin
dative (þágufall)	foknum	fokinni	foknu	foknum	foknum	foknum
genitive (eignarfall)	fokins	fokinnar	fokins	fokinna	fokinna	fokinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	fokni	fokna	fokna	foknu	foknu	foknu
accusative (þolfall)	fokna	foknu	fokna	foknu	foknu	foknu
dative (þágufall)	fokna	foknu	fokna	foknu	foknu	foknu
genitive (eignarfall)	fokna	foknu	fokna	foknu	foknu	foknu

Derived terms

• fok (“drifting”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *feukaną.

Verb

fjúka (singular past indicative fauk, plural past indicative fuku, past participle fokinn)

1. (intransitive) to be drifted (by the wind)
2. (figuratively) to fly

   Synonym: fljúga

Conjugation

Conjugation of fjúka — active (strong class 2)

infinitive	fjúka
present participle	fjúkandi
past participle	fokinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	fýk	fauk		fjúka	fyka
2nd person singular	fýkr	faukt		fjúkir	fykir
3rd person singular	fýkr	fauk		fjúki	fyki
1st person plural	fjúkum	fukum		fjúkim	fykim
2nd person plural	fjúkið	fukuð		fjúkið	fykið
3rd person plural	fjúka	fuku		fjúki	fyki
imperative	present
2nd person singular	fjúk
1st person plural	fjúkum
2nd person plural	fjúkið

Conjugation of fjúka — mediopassive (strong class 2)

infinitive	fjúkask
present participle	fjúkandisk
past participle	fokizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	fjúkumk	fukumk		fjúkumk	fykumk
2nd person singular	fýksk	faukzk		fjúkisk	fykisk
3rd person singular	fýksk	fauksk		fjúkisk	fykisk
1st person plural	fjúkumsk	fukumsk		fjúkimsk	fykimsk
2nd person plural	fjúkizk	fukuzk		fjúkizk	fykizk
3rd person plural	fjúkask	fukusk		fjúkisk	fykisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	fjúksk
1st person plural	fjúkumsk
2nd person plural	fjúkizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: fjúka (“to be blown away”)
• Faroese: fúka (“to drift, dash, be blown away”)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fyke, fyka (“to fly away”)
• Jamtish: fýke
• Old Swedish: fiūka, fȳka
  • Swedish: fjuka, fyka (“to be drifted by the wind”)
• Scanian: fýga
• Danish: fyge (“to be moved by the wind”)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fyke

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjúka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive