sikta
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sikta
Inflection edit
Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | sikta | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sivtta | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | sikta | sivttat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | sivtta | sivttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sivtta | sivttaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | siktii | sivttaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | sivttas | sivttain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | sivttain | sivttaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | siktan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
sikta m or f
sikta n
Verb edit
sikta
- inflection of sikte:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- (of sikt) sikten (Etymology 1)
Noun edit
sikta m or f
sikta f
sikta n
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
sikt + -a, relating to se (“to see”)
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
sikta (present siktar, preterite siktade, supine siktat, imperative sikta)
- to sight, to see, to make a sighting
- Kungsörn har siktats
- Golden eagle has been sighted
- to aim
- Han siktade på mig
- He aimed at me
- (figuratively) to aim (for), to home (in on) (have as goal)
- Mannen siktade in sig på en mysig hemmakväll
- The man was aiming to have a cozy evening at home
- to sift
- siktat mjöl
- sifted flour
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sikta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | sikta | siktas | ||
Supine | siktat | siktats | ||
Imperative | sikta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | sikten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | siktar | siktade | siktas | siktades |
Ind. plural1 | sikta | siktade | siktas | siktades |
Subjunctive2 | sikte | siktade | siktes | siktades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | siktande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- sikta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sikta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sikta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)