glupa

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

glupa

1. inflection of glup:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish glupa (“devour”). Likely from Old Norse gleypa (“to devour”). Compare gloppa, glåpa.

Verb

glupa (present glupar, preterite glupade, supine glupat, imperative glupa)

1. (in the present participle "glupande") voracious, ravenous

   glupande aptit

   voracious appetite

   glupande hunger

   ravenous hunger

2. (in "glupa i sig") to swallow in mouthfuls (without chewing), to devour

   glupa i sig glass

   gorge down ice cream

3. to gape (as if for prey)

Usage notes

Rare other than in the present participle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of glupa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	glupa		glupas
Supine	glupat		glupats
Imperative	glupa		—
Imper. plural1	glupen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	glupar	glupade	glupas	glupades
Ind. plural1	glupa	glupade	glupas	glupades
Subjunctive2	glupe	glupade	glupes	glupades
	Participles
Present participle	glupande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• glupsk

 

References

• glupa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• glupa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• glupande in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)