samla
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
samla
- inflection of samle:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
samla (present tense samlar, past tense samla, past participle samla, passive infinitive samlast, present participle samlande, imperative samla/saml)
- Alternative form of samle
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish sambla, from Old Norse samna, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
samla (present samlar, preterite samlade, supine samlat, imperative samla)
- to collect, to gather, to organize
- 1917, the Bible, Första Mosebok [Genesis][1], 1:9:
- Och Gud sade: "Samle sig det vatten som är under himmelen till en särskild plats, så att det torra bliver synligt." Och det skedde så.
- And God said, "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
- (reflexive) to pull oneself together
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of samla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | samla | samlas | ||
| Supine | samlat | samlats | ||
| Imperative | samla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | samlen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | samlar | samlade | samlas | samlades |
| Ind. plural1 | samla | samlade | samlas | samlades |
| Subjunctive2 | samle | samlade | samles | samlades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | samlande | |||
| Past participle | samlad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- samla in Svensk ordbok.