dryfta
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
dryfta (present tense dryfter, past tense dryfte, past participle dryft, present participle dryftande, imperative dryft)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *drupatjaną. Doublet of drypa. Modern sense of "debate" coined by Viktor Rydberg and Sven Adolf Hedlund during the latter half of the 19th century.
Verb[edit]
dryfta (present dryftar, preterite dryftade, supine dryftat, imperative dryfta)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of dryfta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | dryfta | dryftas | ||
| Supine | dryftat | dryftats | ||
| Imperative | dryfta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | dryften | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | dryftar | dryftade | dryftas | dryftades |
| Ind. plural1 | dryfta | dryftade | dryftas | dryftades |
| Subjunctive2 | dryfte | dryftade | dryftes | dryftades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | dryftande | |||
| Past participle | dryftad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References[edit]
- dryfta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dryfta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dryfta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- dryfta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)