krita
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
krita c
- (uncountable) chalk; white powdery limestone
- (countable) a piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard
- (countable, by extension) any crayon, regardless of color and material
- (geology, indeclinable) Cretaceous; a geologic period
- (uncountable, colloquial) credit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment
Declension edit
| Declension of krita | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | krita | kritan | kritor | kritorna |
| Genitive | kritas | kritans | kritors | kritornas |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- svart tavla (“blackboard”)
Verb edit
krita (present kritar, preterite kritade, supine kritat, imperative krita)
- (transitive) to apply chalk
- (transitive, colloquial) to buy (something) on credit or with an agreement to pay later
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of krita (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | krita | kritas | ||
| Supine | kritat | kritats | ||
| Imperative | krita | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kriten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kritar | kritade | kritas | kritades |
| Ind. plural1 | krita | kritade | kritas | kritades |
| Subjunctive2 | krite | kritade | krites | kritades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kritande | |||
| Past participle | kritad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Descendants edit
- → English: Krita