gny
Appearance
See also: gný
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish gnȳ. Original sense likely "rub" or "scrape". Cognate of Icelandic gnýr, gnýja, Danish gny.
Verb
[edit]gny (present gnyr, preterite gnydde, supine gnytt, imperative gny)
- to whimper, to wail, to whine
- Synonym: jämra
- Hunden hade fått en sticka i nosen och gnydde
- The dog had gotten a splinter in its nose and was whimpering
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of gny (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | gny | gnys | ||
Supine | gnytt | gnytts | ||
Imperative | gny | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | gnyn | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | gnyr | gnydde | gnys | gnyddes |
Ind. plural1 | gny | gnydde | gnys | gnyddes |
Subjunctive2 | gny | gnydde | gnys | gnyddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | gnyende | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Noun
[edit]gny n
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | gny | gnys |
definite | gnyet | gnyets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
References
[edit]- gny in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gny in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gny in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gny in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)