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blinka

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Australian English blinker.

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Noun

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blinka f (plural blinkas)

  1. (Australia, automotive) turn signal
    Synonym: indikejter

Norwegian Bokmål

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blinka

  1. inflection of blinke:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German blinken.

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Verb

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blinka (present tense blinkar, past tense blinka, past participle blinka, passive infinitive blinkast, present participle blinkande, imperative blinka/blink)

  1. to twinkle (shine with a flickering light)
  2. to blink (a quick closing and reopening of both eyes)
  3. to turn a light repeatedly on and off
  4. to indicate (signal, in a vehicle, the intention to turn right or left)

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Swedish

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Verb

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blinka (present blinkar, preterite blinkade, supine blinkat, imperative blinka)

  1. to blink (with one or more eyes)
    Om man inte blinkar så blir ögonen torra
    If you don't blink, your eyes get dry
    Jag tackade ja utan att blinka
    I said yes without blinking
    1. to wink
      blinka åt någon / blinka med ena ögat ("with [the] one eye") mot någon
      wink at someone
  2. (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to flash, to blink ((cause a light to) shine briefly or intermittently)
    Varningslampan blinkar
    The warning light is flashing
    blinka med helljuset
    flash the headlights
  3. (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to blink ((cause something to) appear briefly or intermittently, more generally)
    blinkande text
    blinking text

Conjugation

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Conjugation of blinka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive blinka —
Supine blinkat —
Imperative blinka —
Imper. plural1 blinken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative blinkar blinkade — —
Ind. plural1 blinka blinkade — —
Subjunctive2 blinke blinkade — —
Participles
Present participle blinkande
Past participle blinkad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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