bärga
See also: Barga
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish biærgha, bærgha, from Old Norse bjarga, from Proto-Germanic *berganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-. Cognate of Icelandic bjarga, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 (bairgan), German bergen, Old English beorgan.
Verb edit
bärga (present bärgar, preterite bärgade, supine bärgat, imperative bärga)
- (vessels) salvage
- (crops) harvest, garner
- (sails) furl
- (reflexive) contain oneself
- de kunde knappt bärga sig
- they could hardly contain themselves
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bärga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bärga | bärgas | ||
| Supine | bärgat | bärgats | ||
| Imperative | bärga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bärgen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bärgar | bärgade | bärgas | bärgades |
| Ind. plural1 | bärga | bärgade | bärgas | bärgades |
| Subjunctive2 | bärge | bärgade | bärges | bärgades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bärgande | |||
| Past participle | bärgad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: pärjätä