misshandla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]miss- + handla, from Old Swedish misshandla, cognate with Middle Low German mishandelen, German misshandeln, originally in the now obsolete sense to do wrong, but since 1805 in the sense of physical abuse of other people.
Verb
[edit]misshandla (present misshandlar, preterite misshandlade, supine misshandlat, imperative misshandla)
- to (deliberately) cause bodily harm to (someone); to beat up, to batter, to assault, to abuse, etc.
- (by extension) to abuse, to damage (something non-living (more or less inadvertently))
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | misshandla | misshandlas | ||
| supine | misshandlat | misshandlats | ||
| imperative | misshandla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | misshandlen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | misshandlar | misshandlade | misshandlas | misshandlades |
| ind. plural1 | misshandla | misshandlade | misshandlas | misshandlades |
| subjunctive2 | misshandle | misshandlade | misshandles | misshandlades |
| present participle | misshandlande | |||
| past participle | misshandlad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “misshandla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “misshandla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “misshandla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)