svalla
See also: svälla
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
svall + -a. Doublet of svullna and svälla.
Verb edit
svalla (present svallar, preterite svallade, supine svallat, imperative svalla)
- to swell, to surge (of the motion of waves on a shore)
- to undulate, to billow, to heave (to move like a wave, up and down)
- to seethe
- to effervesce
- to flush, to flow (of blood or words in speech)
- to run high, to overflow (of emotions)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of svalla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svalla | — | ||
| Supine | svallat | — | ||
| Imperative | svalla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svallen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | svallar | svallade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | svalla | svallade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | svalle | svallade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svallande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- svalla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svalla in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)