åla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"

Swedish

Etymology

ål (“eel”) +‎ -a

Verb

åla (present ålar, preterite ålade, supine ålat, imperative åla)

1. to crawl, to worm, to eel

   Vi ålade under stängslet

   We crawled under the fence ("eeled under the fence")

2. sprout (remove the sprouts from a potatoe)

   Hon ålar potatis.

   She is sprouting potatoes.

Usage notes

References say slither, but that might sound weird of a human. Mostly used to describe crawling close to the ground.

Conjugation

Conjugation of åla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	åla		ålas
Supine	ålat		ålats
Imperative	åla		—
Imper. plural1	ålen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ålar	ålade	ålas	ålades
Ind. plural1	åla	ålade	ålas	ålades
Subjunctive2	åle	ålade	åles	ålades
	Participles
Present participle	ålande
Past participle	ålad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• kravla
• kräla
• orma
• slingra (“slither”)

References

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