bullra
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish buldra. Arguably from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Arguably onomatopoeic. Possibly related to Dutch bulderen, German poltern, German bollern.
Verb edit
bullra (present bullrar, preterite bullrade, supine bullrat, imperative bullra)
- to make unpleasant noise (often of rumbling, like from a car or machinery, or thunder)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bullra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bullra | — | ||
| Supine | bullrat | — | ||
| Imperative | bullra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bullren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bullrar | bullrade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | bullra | bullrade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | bullre | bullrade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bullrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- mullra (more common for thunder)
References edit
- bullra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bullra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bullra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bullra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)