svälja
See also: švalja
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish svælgha, from Old Norse svelga, svelgja, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą, from Proto-Indo-European *swelk-.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editsvälja (present sväljer, preterite svalde or sväljde, supine svalt or sväljt, imperative svälj)
- to swallow
- Jag råkade svälja en fluga en gång.
- I accidentally swallowed a fly once.
Conjugation
editConjugation of svälja (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | svälja | sväljas | ||
Supine | svalt | svalts | ||
Imperative | svälj | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | sväljen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | sväljer | svalde | sväljs, sväljes | svaldes |
Ind. plural1 | svälja | svalde | sväljas | svaldes |
Subjunctive2 | svälje | svalde | sväljes | svaldes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | sväljande | |||
Past participle | svald | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation of svälja (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | svälja | sväljas | ||
Supine | sväljt | sväljts | ||
Imperative | svälj | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | sväljen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | sväljer | sväljde | sväljs, sväljes | sväljdes |
Ind. plural1 | svälja | sväljde | sväljas | sväljdes |
Subjunctive2 | svälje | sväljde | sväljes | sväljdes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | sväljande | |||
Past participle | sväljd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation of svälja (class 3 strong, archaic)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | svälja | sväljas | ||
Supine | svulgit | svulgits | ||
Imperative | svälj | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | sväljen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | sväljer | svalg | sväljs, sväljes | svalgs |
Ind. plural1 | svälja | svulgo | sväljas | svulgos |
Subjunctive2 | svälje | svulge | sväljes | svulges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | sväljande | |||
Past participle | svulgen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- svälja in Svensk ordbok.
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