smäda
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German smēden, smāden, from Proto-Germanic *smēhijaną (“belittle”). Compare origin of försmå, Dutch smaad and German schmähen.
Verb edit
smäda (present smädar, preterite smädade, supine smädat, imperative smäda)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of smäda (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smäda | smädas | ||
| Supine | smädat | smädats | ||
| Imperative | smäda | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smäden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smädar | smädade | smädas | smädades |
| Ind. plural1 | smäda | smädade | smädas | smädades |
| Subjunctive2 | smäde | smädade | smädes | smädades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smädande | |||
| Past participle | smädad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
- smädelse (“an act of speaking very ill of”)
See also edit
- skymfa (“to gravely insult, to affront”)
References edit
- smäda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- smäda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- smäda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- smäda in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)