hopa

See also: Hopa and hópa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːpa

Verb

hopa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hopaði, supine hopað)

1. to retreat, to fall back
2. to recede

   Jökullinn hefur hopað.

   The glacier has receded.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• hörfa
• hörfa, víkja, færast aftur

Derived terms

• hopa af hólmi
• hopa á hæl
• hopa hvergi

See also

• undanhald

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hopa m (genitive singular hopa, nominative plural hopaí)

1. hop (cone)

Declension

Declension of hopa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative hopa hopaí vocative a hopa a hopaí genitive hopa hopaí dative hopa hopaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an hopa na hopaí genitive an hopa na hopaí dative leis an hopa don hopa leis na hopaí

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hopa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

Late shortened form of tōhopa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxo.pɑ/, [ˈho.pɑ]

Noun

hopa m

1. hope

Declension

Declension of hopa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hopa	hopan
accusative	hopan	hopan
genitive	hopan	hopena
dative	hopan	hopum

Descendants

• Middle English: hope, hoppe
  • English: hope
  • Yola: hopes (plural)

Romanian

Interjection

hopa

1. Alternative form of hop

Spanish

Verb

hopa

1. only used in se hopa, third-person singular present indicative of hoparse
2. only used in te ... hopa, syntactic variant of hópate, second-person singular imperative of hoparse

Swedish

Verb

hopa (present hopar, preterite hopade, supine hopat, imperative hopa)

1. to row backwards
2. (transitive) to gather, to collect (in a pile); to pile up
3. (reflexive) to gather, to pile up; as of dark clouds or problems

   Svarta skyar hopar sig vid horisonten och lovar svår storm.

   Black clouds gather at the horizon and promise a severe storm.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hopa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	hopa		hopas
Supine	hopat		hopats
Imperative	hopa		—
Imper. plural1	hopen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	hopar	hopade	hopas	hopades
Ind. plural1	hopa	hopade	hopas	hopades
Subjunctive2	hope	hopade	hopes	hopades
	Participles
Present participle	hopande
Past participle	hopad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• hop