stadga
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish stadhga, the oblique case of staþge (“position; law”), from staþugher (“steady”). Compare Old Norse stǫð, stǫðva, stǫðugr. Doublet of stadig.
Noun edit
stadga c
- steadfastness, steadiness, stability, strength
- a bylaw (almost entirely in plural)
Declension edit
| Declension of stadga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stadga | stadgan | stadgar | stadgarna |
| Genitive | stadgas | stadgans | stadgars | stadgarnas |
Verb edit
stadga (present stadgar, preterite stadgade, supine stadgat, imperative stadga)
- to make firm, to support
- to constitute, to regulate, to legislate, to write bylaws
- (reflexive) settle down
Usage notes edit
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of stadga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | stadga | stadgas | ||
| Supine | stadgat | stadgats | ||
| Imperative | stadga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | stadgen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | stadgar | stadgade | stadgas | stadgades |
| Ind. plural1 | stadga | stadgade | stadgas | stadgades |
| Subjunctive2 | stadge | stadgade | stadges | stadgades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | stadgande | |||
| Past participle | stadgad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References edit
- stadga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stadga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stadga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- stadga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)