tufsa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
tufs (variant of tofs (“tuft”)) + -a
Verb edit
tufsa (present tufsar, preterite tufsade, supine tufsat, imperative tufsa)
- (usually with till (“up”)) to bring into (slight) disarray (with (figurative) tufts); to tousle, to ruffle, etc.
- (usually with till (“up”), figurative, euphemistic) to beat up or otherwise do (physical) harm to
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tufsa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tufsa | tufsas | ||
| Supine | tufsat | tufsats | ||
| Imperative | tufsa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tufsen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tufsar | tufsade | tufsas | tufsades |
| Ind. plural1 | tufsa | tufsade | tufsas | tufsades |
| Subjunctive2 | tufse | tufsade | tufses | tufsades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tufsande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||