solka

Swedish

From Old Norse *sulka, *sylka, from Proto-Germanic *sulukōną, *sulikōną. Cognate with dialectal Danish sulke, solke, sylke, sølke (“to sully”), Norwegian Nynorsk sulka (“to sully”), German sulchen, sülchen (“to sully, wallow around in mud or filth”).

solka (present solkar, preterite solkade, supine solkat, imperative solka)

(often with ner (“down”)) to soil, to stain (soil with diffuse stains)
(often with ner (“down”), figuratively) to tarnish, to soil (a reputation or the like)

Conjugation of solka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	solka		solkas
Supine	solkat		solkats
Imperative	solka		—
Imper. plural¹	solken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	solkar	solkade	solkas	solkades
Ind. plural¹	solka	solkade	solkas	solkades
Subjunctive²	solke	solkade	solkes	solkades
	Participles
Present participle	solkande
Past participle	solkad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.