tygla

Swedish

Etymology

tygel (“rein”) +‎ -a

Verb

tygla (present tyglar, preterite tyglade, supine tyglat, imperative tygla)

1. to rein ((bring under) control and direct (a riding animal) with reins)
2. (figuratively) to (bring under) control (and dampen)
   1. to restrain, to curb, to rein in

      tygla sin ilska

      curb one's anger

   2. to harness

      tygla naturens krafter

      harness the forces of nature

Conjugation

Conjugation of tygla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tygla		tyglas
Supine	tyglat		tyglats
Imperative	tygla		—
Imper. plural1	tyglen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tyglar	tyglade	tyglas	tyglades
Ind. plural1	tygla	tyglade	tyglas	tyglades
Subjunctive2	tygle	tyglade	tygles	tyglades
	Participles
Present participle	tyglande
Past participle	tyglad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• tygla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tygla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tygla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)