henda

See also: -henda

Faroese

Verb

henda (third person singular past indicative hendi, third person plural past indicative hendu, supine hent)

1. to happen

Conjugation

Conjugation of henda (group v-5)
infinitive	henda
supine	hent
participle (a7)1	hendandi	hendur
	present	past
first singular	hendi	hendi
second singular	hendir	hendi
third singular	hendir	hendi
plural	henda	hendu
	imperative
singular	hend!
plural	hendið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Pronoun

henda

1. this here, nominative singular femal form of hesin
2. this here, accusative singular masculine form of hesin

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	hesin	henda / hendan	hetta / hettar
Accusative (hvønnfall)	henda / hendan	hesa
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hesum	hesari / hesi	hesum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	-	-	-
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	hesir	hesar	hesi
Accusative (hvønnfall)	hesar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	hesum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	hesa

See also

• handa (that)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse henda, from Proto-Germanic *handijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnta/

  Rhymes: -ɛnta

Verb

henda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative henti, supine hent)

1. to throw
2. to throw away, dispose of
3. to happen

Conjugation

henda — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að henda
supine (sagnbót)		hent
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hendandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hendi	við hendum	present (nútíð)	ég hendi	við hendum
	þú hendir	þið hendið		þú hendir	þið hendið
	hann, hún, það hendir	þeir, þær, þau henda		hann, hún, það hendi	þeir, þær, þau hendi
past (þátíð)	ég henti	við hentum	past (þátíð)	ég henti	við hentum
	þú hentir	þið hentuð		þú hentir	þið hentuð
	hann, hún, það henti	þeir, þær, þau hentu		hann, hún, það henti	þeir, þær, þau hentu
imperative (boðháttur)	hend (þú)	hendið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hentu	hendiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

hendast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hendast
supine (sagnbót)		henst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hendandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hendist	við hendumst	present (nútíð)	ég hendist	við hendumst
	þú hendist	þið hendist		þú hendist	þið hendist
	hann, hún, það hendist	þeir, þær, þau hendast		hann, hún, það hendist	þeir, þær, þau hendist
past (þátíð)	ég hentist	við hentumst	past (þátíð)	ég hentist	við hentumst
	þú hentist	þið hentust		þú hentist	þið hentust
	hann, hún, það hentist	þeir, þær, þau hentust		hann, hún, það hentist	þeir, þær, þau hentust
imperative (boðháttur)	henst (þú)	hendist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	henstu	hendisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

• (throw): fleygja, kasta, varpa, verpa

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

henda c

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of hånd
2. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of hand

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse henda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɛndɑ/, /²hɛnːɑ/

Verb

henda (present tense hender, past tense hende, past participle hendt, passive infinitive hendast, present participle hendande, imperative hend)

1. to happen
2. to befall

Alternative forms

• hende (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɛndɑ/, /²hɛnːɑ/

Noun

henda n

1. definite plural of hende

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnːɑ/

Noun

henda f

1. (dialectal) definite plural of hand

References

• “henda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *handijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhenda/

Verb

henda

1. to catch with the hand
2. to touch
3. (transitive, with accusative) to befall

Descendants

• Icelandic: henda
• Faroese: henda
• Norwegian Bokmål: hende
• Old Swedish: hænda
  • Swedish: hända
• Danish: hænde

References

• “henda”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-henda^?

1. (transitive) to tempt

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zazaki

Adverb

henda

1. after this

   Henda edo zaf baxtiyar ba. ― I am going to be happier after this.

2. anymore

   Henda edo to nêsinena. ― I don't love you anymore.

3. now (with the sense of from now on)

   Henda edo zewaj ra tersena. ― I am afraid of marriage now.