svelga
Italian edit
Verb edit
svelga
- inflection of svellere:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
svelga n
Verb edit
svelga
- inflection of svelge:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
svelga n
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *swelganą, whence also Old English swelgan, Old High German swelhan.
Verb edit
svelga (singular past indicative svalg, plural past indicative sulgum, past participle sólginn)
- to swallow
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of svelga — active (strong class 3)
infinitive | svelga | |
---|---|---|
present participle | svelgandi | |
past participle | solginn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | svelg | svalg |
2nd-person singular | svelgr | svalgt |
3rd-person singular | svelgr | svalg |
1st-person plural | svelgum | sulgum |
2nd-person plural | svelgið | sulguð |
3rd-person plural | svelga | sulgu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | svelga | sylga |
2nd-person singular | svelgir | sylgir |
3rd-person singular | svelgi | sylgi |
1st-person plural | svelgim | sylgim |
2nd-person plural | svelgið | sylgið |
3rd-person plural | svelgi | sylgi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | svelg | |
1st-person plural | svelgum | |
2nd-person plural | svelgið |
Conjugation of svelga — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive | svelgask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | svelgandisk | |
past participle | solgizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | svelgumk | sulgumk |
2nd-person singular | svelgsk | svalgzk |
3rd-person singular | svelgsk | svalgsk |
1st-person plural | svelgumsk | sulgumsk |
2nd-person plural | svelgizk | sulguzk |
3rd-person plural | svelgask | sulgusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | svelgumk | sylgumk |
2nd-person singular | svelgisk | sylgisk |
3rd-person singular | svelgisk | sylgisk |
1st-person plural | svelgimsk | sylgimsk |
2nd-person plural | svelgizk | sylgizk |
3rd-person plural | svelgisk | sylgisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | svelgsk | |
1st-person plural | svelgumsk | |
2nd-person plural | svelgizk |
Descendants edit
Note that many of these forms are descended from svelgja.
- Icelandic: svelga, svelgja
- Faroese: svølgja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: svelgja; (dialectal) svølgje, svægje, svæl, svøl
- Elfdalian: swega
- Old Swedish: svælghia, svælgha, svælia
- Swedish: svälja
- Old Danish: swælghæ, swæliæ, swælwæ
- Gutnish: svälge, svölge
References edit
- “svelga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press