krita
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkrita 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
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | krita | kritas |
definite | kritan | kritans | |
plural | indefinite | kritor | kritors |
definite | kritorna | kritornas |
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- svart tavla (“blackboard”)
Verb
editkrita (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
editactive | passive | |||
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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 |
present participle | kritande | |||
past participle | kritad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Descendants
edit- → English: Krita
References
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