byka

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɨ.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɨka
• Syllabification: by‧ka

Noun

byka m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of byk

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German büken, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Related to German bauchen and German bäuchen. Cognate of French buer and English buck (“to soak, steep or boil in lye or suds”).

Verb

byka (present bykar, preterite bykade, supine bykat, imperative byka)

1. (dated) wash textiles in boiling water

Conjugation

Conjugation of byka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	byka		bykas
Supine	bykt		bykts
Imperative	byk		—
Imper. plural1	byken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	byker	bykte	byks, bykes	byktes
Ind. plural1	byka	bykte	bykas	byktes
Subjunctive2	byke	bykte	bykes	byktes
	Participles
Present participle	bykande
Past participle	bykt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• byk

 

References

• byka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• byka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• byka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• byka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Runes and Their Secrets: Studies in Runology. (2006). Denmark: Museum Tusculanum Press, p. 216