tváa

See also: tvåa and två

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þvá, from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰvɔːa/

Verb

tváa (third person singular past indicative tváaði, third person plural past indicative tváaðu, supine tváað)
tváa (third person singular past indicative tvó, third person plural past indicative tvógu, supine tvigið) (archaic)

1. (poetic) to wash, to lave
   • (proverb) ilt er svart skinn hvítt at tváa

     it's bad to white wash a black skin

Conjugation

Conjugation of tváa (group v-30)
infinitive	tváa
supine	tváað
participle (a6)1	tváandi	tváaður
	present	past
first singular	tvái	tváaði
second singular	tváar	tváaði
third singular	tváar	tváaði
plural	tváa	tváaðu
	imperative
singular	tváa!
plural	tváið!
1Only the past participle being declined.