flaxa
Swedish
editEtymology
editLikely a variant of flacka. Compare fläkta.
Verb
editflaxa (present flaxar, preterite flaxade, supine flaxat, imperative flaxa)
- to flap, to beat (wings or arms)
- Kråkan flaxade med vingarna ― The crow was flapping its wings
- to flap (of cloth and the like)
- Flaggorna flaxade i den hårda vinden ― The flags flapped in the strong wind
Conjugation
editConjugation of flaxa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | flaxa | flaxas | ||
| Supine | flaxat | flaxats | ||
| Imperative | flaxa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | flaxen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | flaxar | flaxade | flaxas | flaxades |
| Ind. plural1 | flaxa | flaxade | flaxas | flaxades |
| Subjunctive2 | flaxe | flaxade | flaxes | flaxades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | flaxande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
editFurther reading
edit- flaxa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- flaxa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)