rubba
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Related to Icelandic rubba (“to scrape”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old Norse riūfa, rjúfa (“to break open, clear away”). Likely cognate of English rub.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
rubba (present rubbar, preterite rubbade, supine rubbat, imperative rubba)
- (sometimes with på) to move (something) slightly (often out of its ordinary or intended position); to nudge, to dislodge
- Han kunde inte rubba (på) stenen
- He couldn't move the rock
- (transitive, figurative) to disturb, to upset, to change
- att rubba balansen ― to upset the balance
- Han gick inte att rubba ― His mind could not be changed ("He could not be nudged")
- Det där är ju rubbat ― That's crazy
- Han är rubbad ― He's deranged
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of rubba (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | rubba | rubbas | ||
| Supine | rubbat | rubbats | ||
| Imperative | rubba | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | rubben | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | rubbar | rubbade | rubbas | rubbades |
| Ind. plural1 | rubba | rubbade | rubbas | rubbades |
| Subjunctive2 | rubbe | rubbade | rubbes | rubbades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | rubbande | |||
| Past participle | rubbad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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References edit
- rubba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rubba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rubba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rubba in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2520, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2520