blinka
Maltese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Australian English blinker.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editblinka f (plural blinkas)
- (Australia, automotive) turn signal
- Synonym: indikejter
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editblinka
- inflection of blinke:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German blinken.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editblinka (present tense blinkar, past tense blinka, past participle blinka, passive infinitive blinkast, present participle blinkande, imperative blinka/blink)
- to twinkle (shine with a flickering light)
- to blink (a quick closing and reopening of both eyes)
- to turn a light repeatedly on and off
- to indicate (signal, in a vehicle, the intention to turn right or left)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “blinka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editVerb
editblinka (present blinkar, preterite blinkade, supine blinkat, imperative blinka)
- 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
- to wink
- blinka åt någon / blinka med ena ögat ("with [the] one eye") mot någon
- wink at someone
- (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
- (automotive) to signal (with a turn signal – compare blinker)
- blinka åt vänster
- signal to the left
- (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to blink ((cause something to) appear briefly or intermittently, more generally)
- blinkande text
- blinking text
Conjugation
editConjugation of blinka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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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. |
Related terms
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editReferences
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- Maltese terms borrowed from Australian English
- Maltese terms derived from Australian English
- Maltese 2-syllable words
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- Maltese lemmas
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- Australian Maltese
- mt:Automotive
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish intransitive verbs
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- sv:Automotive
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