snickra
Swedish
editEtymology
editDisputed. Arguably pure back-formation from snickare. Arguably directly from the dialectal verb snicka, from Old Swedish snikka, from Old Norse *sníðka, from sníða (from whence also snida).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsnickra (present snickrar, preterite snickrade, supine snickrat, imperative snickra)
Conjugation
editConjugation of snickra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | snickra | snickras | ||
| Supine | snickrat | snickrats | ||
| Imperative | snickra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | snickren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | snickrar | snickrade | snickras | snickrades |
| Ind. plural1 | snickra | snickrade | snickras | snickrades |
| Subjunctive2 | snickre | snickrade | snickres | snickrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | snickrande | |||
| Past participle | snickrad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
editReferences
edit- snickra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snickra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snickra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- snickra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)