bullra
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish buldra. Arguably from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Arguably onomatopoeic. Possibly related to Dutch bulderen, German poltern, German bollern.
Verb[edit]
bullra (present bullrar, preterite bullrade, supine bullrat, imperative bullra)
- to make unpleasant noise (often of rumbling, like from a car or machinery, or thunder)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of bullra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bullra | — | ||
| Supine | bullrat | — | ||
| Imperative | bullra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bullren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bullrar | bullrade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | bullra | bullrade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | bullre | bullrade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bullrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- mullra (more common for thunder)
References[edit]
- bullra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bullra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bullra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bullra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (sound)
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish onomatopoeias
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish weak verbs