kemba

See also: ke-mbá

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃʰɛmpa]

  Rhymes: -ɛmpa

Verb

kemba (third person singular past indicative kembdi, third person plural past indicative kembt, supine kembt)

1. to comb

Conjugation

Conjugation of kemba (group v-1)
infinitive	kemba
supine	kembt
participle (a7)1	kembandi	kembdur
	present	past
first singular	kembi	kembdi
second singular	kembir	kembdi
third singular	kembir	kembdi
plural	kemba	kembdu
	imperative
singular	kemb!
plural	kembið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• greiða

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcʰɛmpa]

  Rhymes: -ɛmpa

Verb

kemba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kembdi, supine kembt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to comb

   Stelpan kemdi síða hárið sitt.

   The girl combed her long hair.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative, computer science) to debug; (to search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery)

Usage notes

• This term in the sense of combing is used less than greiða, which may be considered the most usual term for combing.

Conjugation

kemba — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kemba
supine (sagnbót)		kembt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kembandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kembi	við kembum	present (nútíð)	ég kembi	við kembum
	þú kembir	þið kembið		þú kembir	þið kembið
	hann, hún, það kembir	þeir, þær, þau kemba		hann, hún, það kembi	þeir, þær, þau kembi
past (þátíð)	ég kembdi	við kembdum	past (þátíð)	ég kembdi	við kembdum
	þú kembdir	þið kembduð		þú kembdir	þið kembduð
	hann, hún, það kembdi	þeir, þær, þau kembdu		hann, hún, það kembdi	þeir, þær, þau kembdu
imperative (boðháttur)	kemb (þú)	kembið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	kembdu	kembiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kembast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kembast
supine (sagnbót)		kembst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kembandist ** ** 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 kembist	við kembumst	present (nútíð)	ég kembist	við kembumst
	þú kembist	þið kembist		þú kembist	þið kembist
	hann, hún, það kembist	þeir, þær, þau kembast		hann, hún, það kembist	þeir, þær, þau kembist
past (þátíð)	ég kembdist	við kembdumst	past (þátíð)	ég kembdist	við kembdumst
	þú kembdist	þið kembdust		þú kembdist	þið kembdust
	hann, hún, það kembdist	þeir, þær, þau kembdust		hann, hún, það kembdist	þeir, þær, þau kembdust
imperative (boðháttur)	kembst (þú)	kembist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	kembstu	kembisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kembdur — 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)	kembdur	kembd	kembt		kembdir	kembdar	kembd
accusative (þolfall)	kembdan	kembda	kembt		kembda	kembdar	kembd
dative (þágufall)	kembdum	kembdri	kembdu		kembdum	kembdum	kembdum
genitive (eignarfall)	kembds	kembdrar	kembds		kembdra	kembdra	kembdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kembdi	kembda	kembda		kembdu	kembdu	kembdu
accusative (þolfall)	kembda	kembdu	kembda		kembdu	kembdu	kembdu
dative (þágufall)	kembda	kembdu	kembda		kembdu	kembdu	kembdu
genitive (eignarfall)	kembda	kembdu	kembda		kembdu	kembdu	kembdu

Synonyms

• (comb): greiða
• (debug): aflúsa

Derived terms

• kemba hærurnar

Related terms

• kambur

See also

• hæra

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (itself from the Germanic root of kambr, Proto-Germanic *kambaz), whence also Old English cemban (English kemb), Old High German kemben, chempan (German kämmen).

Verb

kemba

1. to comb

Descendants

• Icelandic: kemba
• Faroese: kemba
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjemba, kjemma
• Old Swedish: kæmba
  • Swedish: kämma (replaced by kamma)
• Danish: kjæmme, kæmme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjemme

References

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