tilltala

Swedish

From Old Swedish tiltala, equivalent to till (“to”) +‎ tala (“speak”).

tilltala (present tilltalar, preterite tilltalade, supine tilltalat, imperative tilltala)

The verb sense "prosecute" is almost exclusively used in the form of the past participle tilltalad (meaning "prosecuted [person]" or "defendant").

Conjugation of tilltala (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tilltala		tilltalas
Supine	tilltalat		tilltalats
Imperative	tilltala		—
Imper. plural¹	tilltalen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tilltalar	tilltalade	tilltalas	tilltalades
Ind. plural¹	tilltala	tilltalade	tilltalas	tilltalades
Subjunctive²	tilltale	tilltalade	tilltales	tilltalades
	Participles
Present participle	tilltalande
Past participle	tilltalad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.