finslipa
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
fin (“fine”) + slipa (“grind, polish (with an abrasive surface)”)
Verb[edit]
finslipa (present finslipar, preterite finslipade, supine finslipat, imperative finslipa)
- to grind away the final, smaller irregularities (from something)
- (figuratively) to put the finishing touches on (something), to fine-tune, to hone
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of finslipa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | finslipa | finslipas | ||
| Supine | finslipat | finslipats | ||
| Imperative | finslipa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | finslipen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | finslipar | finslipade | finslipas | finslipades |
| Ind. plural1 | finslipa | finslipade | finslipas | finslipades |
| Subjunctive2 | finslipe | finslipade | finslipes | finslipades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | finslipande | |||
| Past participle | finslipad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||