sinka
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sinka f
Further reading edit
- “sinka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Verb edit
sinka (present sinkar, preterite sinkade, supine sinkat, imperative sinka)
- to slow down or delay (someone or something)
- Han sinkar oss
- He's slowing us down
- Jag sinkar vakterna medan ni smyger in bakvägen
- I'll hold up the guards while you sneak in the back
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sinka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sinka | sinkas | ||
| Supine | sinkat | sinkats | ||
| Imperative | sinka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sinken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sinkar | sinkade | sinkas | sinkades |
| Ind. plural1 | sinka | sinkade | sinkas | sinkades |
| Subjunctive2 | sinke | sinkade | sinkes | sinkades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | sinkande | |||
| Past participle | sinkad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Noun edit
sinka c
- cornett (wind instrument)
Declension edit
| Declension of sinka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | sinka | sinkan | sinkor | sinkorna |
| Genitive | sinkas | sinkans | sinkors | sinkornas |