slarva
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly onomatopoeic.
Verb edit
slarva (present slarvar, preterite slarvade, supine slarvat, imperative slarva)
- to be sloppy or careless
- Hon slarvade med deklarationerna
- She was sloppy with her tax returns
- Vi har inte råd att slarva. Risken är för hög.
- We can't afford to be careless. The risk is too high.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of slarva (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | slarva | slarvas | ||
| Supine | slarvat | slarvats | ||
| Imperative | slarva | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | slarven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | slarvar | slarvade | slarvas | slarvades |
| Ind. plural1 | slarva | slarvade | slarvas | slarvades |
| Subjunctive2 | slarve | slarvade | slarves | slarvades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | slarvande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
- slarva bort (“to lose (misplace) through sloppiness or carelessness”)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
slarva c
Usage notes edit
"Hon är en slarver" appears to be more common than "Hon är en slarva" nowadays.
Declension edit
| Declension of slarva | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | slarva | slarvan | slarvor | slarvorna |
| Genitive | slarvas | slarvans | slarvors | slarvornas |
References edit
- slarva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- slarva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- slarva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- slarv in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)