kløyvd infinitiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From kløyve (“to split”) +‎ infinitiv. The origins of the split infinitives of verbs and the jamvekt of the substantive of nouns in some Norwegian dialects share a lot of similarity with the Pite Sami and Lule Sami genesis of some verbs and nouns, e.g. månnå, dållå, månne, lådde etc.

The system was also in use for a short time period in Bokmål and was called the same.

Noun

kløyvd infinitiv m (definite singular kløyvde infinitiven, indefinite plural kløyvde infinitivar, definite plural kløyvde infinitivane)

(regarding the Norwegian Nynorsk language) A spelling system for Norwegian verbs with two different endings for verb infinitives. The system is based on splitting of verbs into two categories, used in dialects of Eastern Norway and Trøndelag. The one category is verb infinitives with an a-ending (corresponding to å-ending in some dialects), and the other one is with an e-ending (corresponding to zero-ending in some dialects).

Usage notes

In case of not using this spelling system, it is possible to choose verb infinitive spelling either with only a-endings for all the verbs (like in Faroese or standard Swedish) or only e-endings (like in Bokmål and Danish).

References

“[1]” in Store norske leksikon