kedja
See also: keðja
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish kædhe, kædhia, from Middle Low German kede (from kedene), from Latin catēna. Cognate of French chaîne, English chain, German Kette, Dutch keten.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /²ɕeːdja/
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /²ɕɛːdja/ (some accents)
- IPA(key): /²tɕeːdja/, /²tɕɛːdja/ (Finland)
Noun edit
kedja c
- chain (a series of interconnected rings or links)
- chain; a series of interconnected things
- bergskedja
- mountain range
- bergskedja
- chain; a series of stores or businesses with the same brand name
Usage notes edit
A thicker chain is normally called kätting rather than kedja.
Declension edit
| Declension of kedja | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kedja | kedjan | kedjor | kedjorna |
| Genitive | kedjas | kedjans | kedjors | kedjornas |
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: ketju
Verb edit
kedja (present kedjar, preterite kedjade, supine kedjat, imperative kedja)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of kedja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kedja | kedjas | ||
| Supine | kedjat | kedjats | ||
| Imperative | kedja | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kedjen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kedjar | kedjade | kedjas | kedjades |
| Ind. plural1 | kedja | kedjade | kedjas | kedjades |
| Subjunctive2 | kedje | kedjade | kedjes | kedjades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kedjande | |||
| Past participle | kedjad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||