kittla
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish kitla, from Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).
Verb
editkittla (present kittlar, preterite kittlade, supine kittlat, imperative kittla)
- to tickle
- Synonym: (childish) killa
- kittla någon
- tickle someone
- Det kittlar fantasin
- It tickles the imagination
Conjugation
editConjugation of kittla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kittla | kittlas | ||
| Supine | kittlat | kittlats | ||
| Imperative | kittla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kittlen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kittlar | kittlade | kittlas | kittlades |
| Ind. plural1 | kittla | kittlade | kittlas | kittlades |
| Subjunctive2 | kittle | kittlade | kittles | kittlades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kittlande | |||
| Past participle | kittlad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- kittla in Svensk ordbok.
- kittla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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