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sörja

See also: Sorja and sorja

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [²sœ̞rːja]
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  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [²sɵrːja]

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate of Icelandic syrja.

Noun edit

sörja c

  1. mud, sludge
Declension edit
Declension of sörja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sörja sörjan sörjor sörjorna
Genitive sörjas sörjans sörjors sörjornas
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish syrghia, from Old Norse syrgja, from Proto-Germanic *surgijaną.

Verb edit

sörja (present sörjer, preterite sörjde, supine sörjt, imperative sörj)

  1. to mourn (express sadness for, grieve, sorrow over)
  2. (sörja för) to take care of, to ensure
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sörja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sörja sörjas
Supine sörjt sörjts
Imperative sörj —
Imper. plural1 sörjen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative sörjer sörjde sörjs, sörjes sörjdes
Ind. plural1 sörja sörjde sörjas sörjdes
Subjunctive2 sörje sörjde sörjes sörjdes
Participles
Present participle sörjande
Past participle sörjd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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References edit

  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3

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