knega

See also: knéga

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kná, and its unattested infinitive *knega, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognate with English know.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰnɛːɣa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːɣa

Verb

knega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative kná, third-person singular past indicative knátti, supine knátt)

1. (poetic) (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be able, can, (have knowledge to do): to know
2. (law) (intransitive) shall

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Slovincian

Alternative forms

• (archaic): knëga, knəga

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Noun

knega f

1. book

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъniga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 203

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Swedish

Verb

knega (present knegar, preterite knegade, supine knegat, imperative knega)

1. (work specifically to earn money): to labour, to strive
2. (work or go laboriously): to toil, to plod

Conjugation

Conjugation of knega (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	knega		knegas
Supine	knegat		knegats
Imperative	knega		—
Imper. plural1	knegen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	knegar	knegade	knegas	knegades
Ind. plural1	knega	knegade	knegas	knegades
Subjunctive2	knege	knegade	kneges	knegades
	Participles
Present participle	knegande
Past participle	knegad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• kneg