avta
Latin edit
Adjective edit
avta
- inflection of avtus:
Adjective edit
avtā
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
avta (imperative avta, present tense avtar, passive avtas, simple past avtok, past participle avtatt, present participle avtakende)
References edit
Swedish edit
Verb edit
avta (present avtar, preterite avtog, supine avtagit, imperative avta)
- (intransitive) to reduce in intensity, to become less intense
- (intransitive, mathematics) to decrease
- (transitive, dated) to remove (clothes), to take off
- Synonym: ta av
- Olle avtager tröjan
- Olle is taking off his sweater
Usage notes edit
- The passive and the past participle are only applicable for the transitive meaning (remove clothes). This meaning is dated, and more often separated (Olle tar av tröljan).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of avta (class 6 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | avta | avtas | ||
Supine | avtagit | avtagits | ||
Imperative | avta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | avtan | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | avtar | avtog | avtas | avtogs |
Ind. plural1 | avta | avtogo | avtas | avtogos |
Subjunctive2 | avta | avtoge | avtas | avtoges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | avtagande | |||
Past participle | avtagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation of avtaga (class 6 strong, somewhat dated)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | avtaga | avtagas | ||
Supine | avtagit | avtagits | ||
Imperative | avtag | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | avtagen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | avtager | avtog | avtages | avtogs |
Ind. plural1 | avtaga | avtogo | avtagas | avtogos |
Subjunctive2 | avtage | avtoge | avtages | avtoges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | avtagande | |||
Past participle | avtagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |