glappa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk gleppa (“to slide”), Old Norse glepja. Compare with origin of glipa, glop, gläfsa.
Verb edit
glappa (present glappar, preterite glappade, supine glappat, imperative glappa)
- to have an (undesirable) gap (where things move relatively to each other); to be loose
- Skon glappar i hälen
- The back of the sole of the shoe is loose (and moves relatively to the rest of the shoe)
- Kontakten glappar
- The contact is loose (fails intermittently)
- Käften glappar
- You talk too much (your mouth is loose)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of glappa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | glappa | — | ||
| Supine | glappat | — | ||
| Imperative | glappa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | glappen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | glappar | glappade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | glappa | glappade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | glappe | glappade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | glappande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
glappa
References edit
- glappa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- glappa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- glappa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- glappa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)