svala

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːla

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svala.

Noun

svala f (genitive singular svölu, nominative plural svölur)

1. swallow

Declension

declension of svala

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svala	svalan	svölur	svölurnar
accusative	svölu	svöluna	svölur	svölurnar
dative	svölu	svölunni	svölum	svölunum
genitive	svölu	svölunnar	svala/svalna	svalanna/svalnanna

Etymology 2

Verb

svala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svalaði, supine svalað)

1. to satisfy
2. to quench

Conjugation

svala — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að svala
supine (sagnbót)		svalað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		svalandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég svala	við svölum	present (nútíð)	ég svali	við svölum
	þú svalar	þið svalið		þú svalir	þið svalið
	hann, hún, það svalar	þeir, þær, þau svala		hann, hún, það svali	þeir, þær, þau svali
past (þátíð)	ég svalaði	við svöluðum	past (þátíð)	ég svalaði	við svöluðum
	þú svalaðir	þið svöluðuð		þú svalaðir	þið svöluðuð
	hann, hún, það svalaði	þeir, þær, þau svöluðu		hann, hún, það svalaði	þeir, þær, þau svöluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	svala (þú)	svalið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	svalaðu	svaliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• svalen (of noun)
• (of verb) svalet, svalte (simple past), svalt (past participle)

Noun

svala m or f

1. definite feminine singular of svale

Verb

svala

1. inflection of svale:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svala f (definite singular svala, indefinite plural svaler or svalor, definite plural svalene or svalone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of svale
2. definite singular of svale

Verb

svala (present tense svalar, past tense svala, past participle svala, passive infinitive svalast, present participle svalande, imperative svala/sval)

1. Alternative form of svale

Anagrams

• avlas, las av, lavas, salva, savla, slava, svala, valsa, vasla

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

The expected form is *svǫlva, which is reflected in some of the descendants; nominative singular svala is due to analogy with the oblique singular svǫlu, caused by the loss of v before a rounded vowel. Compare vǫlva, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ, with oblique singular vǫlu.

Noun

svala f (genitive svǫlu, plural svǫlur)

1. a swallow

Declension

  Declension of svala (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svala	svalan	svǫlur	svǫlurnar
accusative	svǫlu	svǫluna	svǫlur	svǫlurnar
dative	svǫlu	svǫlunni	svǫlum	svǫlunum
genitive	svǫlu	svǫlunnar	svalna	svalnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: svala
• Faroese: svala
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svale (svala, svole, svòlu, sulu (dialectal or obsolete))
• Norwegian Bokmål: svale
• Old Swedish: svala
  • Swedish: svala
• Old Danish: swalæ, swolæ
  • Danish: svale

Etymology 2

From the adjective svalr.

Verb

svala

1. to chill, cool

Conjugation

Conjugation of svala — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	svala
present participle	svalandi
past participle	svalaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svala	svalaða
2nd-person singular	svalar	svalaðir
3rd-person singular	svalar	svalaði
1st-person plural	svǫlum	svǫluðum
2nd-person plural	svalið	svǫluðuð
3rd-person plural	svala	svǫluðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svala	svalaða
2nd-person singular	svalir	svalaðir
3rd-person singular	svali	svalaði
1st-person plural	svalim	svalaðim
2nd-person plural	svalið	svalaðið
3rd-person plural	svali	svalaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svala
1st-person plural	svǫlum
2nd-person plural	svalið

Conjugation of svala — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	svalask
present participle	svalandisk
past participle	svalazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svǫlumk	svǫluðumk
2nd-person singular	svalask	svalaðisk
3rd-person singular	svalask	svalaðisk
1st-person plural	svǫlumsk	svǫluðumsk
2nd-person plural	svalizk	svǫluðuzk
3rd-person plural	svalask	svǫluðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svǫlumk	svǫluðumk
2nd-person singular	svalisk	svalaðisk
3rd-person singular	svalisk	svalaðisk
1st-person plural	svalimsk	svalaðimsk
2nd-person plural	svalizk	svalaðizk
3rd-person plural	svalisk	svalaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svalask
1st-person plural	svǫlumsk
2nd-person plural	svalizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: svala, svale

Adjective

svala

1. strong feminine accusative singular of svalr
2. strong masculine accusative plural of svalr
3. weak masculine oblique singular of svalr
4. weak feminine nominative singular of svalr
5. weak neuter singular of svalr

References

• “svala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²svɑːla/

• Audio; “en svala”:

  (file)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

svala

1. inflection of sval:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

svala

From Old Norse svala, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

Noun

svala c

1. swallow (bird)

Declension

Declension of svala
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svala	svalan	svalor	svalorna
Genitive	svalas	svalans	svalors	svalornas

Anagrams

• salva, slava