skålla
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish skalda. Regarding loss of d, compare fålla, hålla, vålla. Further origin beyond Old Swedish disputed. Possibly from Old French escalder, from Latin excaldāre. Compare English scald.
Verb
editskålla (present skållar, preterite skållade, supine skållat, imperative skålla)
- to scald (burn with hot liquid)
- Han skållades när duschen sprutade ut kokhett vatten
- He was scalded when the shower sprayed out boiling-hot water
- to scald a food item, for example to blanch
- skållade mandlar
- blanched almonds
Conjugation
editConjugation of skålla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | skålla | skållas | ||
| Supine | skållat | skållats | ||
| Imperative | skålla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | skållen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | skållar | skållade | skållas | skållades |
| Ind. plural1 | skålla | skållade | skållas | skållades |
| Subjunctive2 | skålle | skållade | skålles | skållades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skållande | |||
| Past participle | skållad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
edit- skålla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skålla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skålla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skålla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)