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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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drífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative dreif, third-person plural past indicative drifu, supine drifið)

  1. to drive

Conjugation

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Noun

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drífa f (genitive singular drífu, nominative plural drífur)

  1. drift, snowdrift, heavy snowfall

Declension

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    Declension of drífa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drífa drífan drífur drífurnar
accusative drífu drífuna drífur drífurnar
dative drífu drífunni drífum drífunum
genitive drífu drífunnar drífa drífanna

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