flina
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse flina, from Proto-Germanic *flinōną, which could have meant "bare (the teeth)," from Proto-Indo-European *plēy-, *plī-, from *pel-, *pʰel, *spʰel- (“to cleave, to split off, to cast off”).[1]
Verb
editflina (present flinar, preterite flinade, supine flinat, imperative flina)
- grin (to smile showing the teeth)
Conjugation
editConjugation of flina (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | flina | flinas | ||
| Supine | flinat | flinats | ||
| Imperative | flina | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | flinen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | flinar | flinade | flinas | flinades |
| Ind. plural1 | flina | flinade | flinas | flinades |
| Subjunctive2 | fline | flinade | flines | flinades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | flinande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- flina in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- flina in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)