heyrir

Heyrir is the present tense, third-person singular form of the Icelandic verb heyra, meaning to hear. It is used when the subject is he, she, or it, and corresponds to the English "he hears," "she hears," or "it hears." In standard Icelandic, the present tense forms of heyra are: ég heyri, þú heyrir, hann/hún/það heyrir, við heyrim, þið heyrið, þeir heyra.

Usage and examples: heyra is a common verb in everyday speech, and heyri röddina or lagið illustrates hearing a voice or a song. For instance, "Hann heyrir lagið." translates to "He hears the song." The form heyrir appears across various sentences with different subjects in the third person singular.

Morphology and related forms: Icelandic verbs inflect for person and number. The third-person singular present form heyrir is part of a broader paradigm that includes ég heyri, þú heyrir, við heyrum, and þeir heyra. A related form is heyrist, a passive/impersonal construction meaning "it can be heard" or "one can hear," used in expressions like "Það heyrist" to describe something audible without specifying a subject.

Etymology: heyra originates from Old Norse and older Germanic roots, reflecting the verb’s long-standing role in predicating perception of sound. In modern Icelandic, hey rir remains the standard present-tense form for third-person singular.

See also: heyra, Icelandic verb conjugation, heyrist.