flisa

See also: fłisa

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• flisen

Noun

flisa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of flis

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flisa f

1. definite singular of flis

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vlise, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *flint. Cognate with German Fliese, Old Norse flís.

Noun

flisa c

1. a thin sharp piece of wood or rock or some other material that splinters easily; a splinter, a chip (of rock)

   Sten och Flisa ― Rock and Chip (from Barna Hedenhös)

2. a shard of wood or rock (in the context of wood chips and the like)

Declension

Declension of flisa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	flisa	flisan	flisor	flisorna
Genitive	flisas	flisans	flisors	flisornas

See also

• flis (“shards of wood or rock, usually wood chips”)
• spån (“shaving, chip”)
• skärva (“shard”)
• sticka (“wood splinter, knitting needle”)

Verb

flisa (present flisar, preterite flisade, supine flisat, imperative flisa)

1. to chip (usually wood, e.g. with a wood chipper)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flisa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	flisa		flisas
Supine	flisat		flisats
Imperative	flisa		—
Imper. plural1	flisen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	flisar	flisade	flisas	flisades
Ind. plural1	flisa	flisade	flisas	flisades
Subjunctive2	flise	flisade	flises	flisades
	Participles
Present participle	flisande
Past participle	flisad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• flismaskin (“wood chipper”)
• spåna (“chip, with finer texture, like shavings”)
• träflis (“wood chips”)

References

• flisa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flisa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flisa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• flisa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)