plira
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Low German pliren. The German verb likely a mixup of two stems: piren (cognate with English peer) and blarren, blerren (cognate with English blear).
Verb edit
plira (present plirar, preterite plirade, supine plirat, imperative plira)
- peer (look with squinting eyes)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of plira (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | plira | pliras | ||
Supine | plirat | plirats | ||
Imperative | plira | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | pliren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | plirar | plirade | pliras | plirades |
Ind. plural1 | plira | plirade | pliras | plirades |
Subjunctive2 | plire | plirade | plires | plirades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | plirande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms edit
- kisa (“squint”)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- plira in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- plira in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- plira in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- plira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)