snuva
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
snuva c
- (uncountable) the sniffles
- (dated) a cold or a flu; an illness which causes the sniffles
- (informal) a person with the sniffles
Declension edit
| Declension of snuva | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | snuva | snuvan | snuvor | snuvorna |
| Genitive | snuvas | snuvans | snuvors | snuvornas |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Late Old Swedish snuva.
Verb edit
snuva (present snuvar, preterite snuvade, supine snuvat, imperative snuva)
- to steal, to fool, to pot
- jag snuvades på vinsten
- I was cheated out of victory
- han snuvade hänsynslöst sina svågrar
- he mercilessly stole from his brothers-in-law
- (dated) to inhale
- (dated) to snoop, to find out
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of snuva (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | snuva | snuvas | ||
| Supine | snuvat | snuvats | ||
| Imperative | snuva | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | snuven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | snuvar | snuvade | snuvas | snuvades |
| Ind. plural1 | snuva | snuvade | snuvas | snuvades |
| Subjunctive2 | snuve | snuvade | snuves | snuvades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | snuvande | |||
| Past participle | snuvad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||