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See also: Appendix:Variations of "rada"
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]råda n
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]råda n
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]råda f
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]råda (present tense råder, past tense rådde, past participle rådd or rådt, present participle rådande, imperative råd)
- Alternative form of rå
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish rāþa, from Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]råda (present råder, preterite rådde, supine rått, imperative råd)
- to advise (give advice (to someone))
- Konungen råddes att förhålla sig neutral
- The king was advised to remain neutral
- Synonym of bestämma (in the sense of "(get to) decide"), (often) to rule, to reign
- Synonym: rå
- Drottning Victoria rådde över ett enormt imperium
- Queen Victoria ruled over an enormous empire
- to be (at hand, current), to prevail, to exist, to reign
- midnatt råder
- it is midnight
- (literally, “midnight reigns”)
- under rådande omständigheter
- in current [reigning] circumstances
- de rådande omständigheterna
- the prevailing circumstances
- Det råder brist på lärare
- There is a shortage of [reigns (is currently a) lack of] teachers
- Det råder delade meningar
- Opinions are divided [It reigns split opinions]
- Det råder inga tvivel om att han är skyldig
- There is no doubt that he is guilty ["inte råda några tvivel" (not reign any doubts) is a common collocation]
- Det rådde hungersnöd i landet
- There was a famine [reigned famine] in the country
Usage notes
[edit]Not intuitively a "reign" metaphor in (sense 3) to native speakers, though that metaphor might provide intuition. Can be thought of simply as "be" in the sense of "to currently be in effect."
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of råda (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | råda | rådas | ||
Supine | rått | råtts | ||
Imperative | råd | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | råden | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | råder | rådde | råds, rådes | råddes |
Ind. plural1 | råda | rådde | rådas | råddes |
Subjunctive2 | råde | rådde | rådes | råddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | rådande | |||
Past participle | rådd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- råda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- råda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- råda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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