skymma
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]skymma (present skymmer, preterite skymde, supine skymt, imperative skym)
- to obscure (from view), to blot out
- Träden skymmer sjön
- The trees obscure the lake (the lake can't be (completely) seen because the trees are in the way)
- Månen skymmer solen under en solförmörkelse
- The moon obscures the sun during a solar eclipse
- to be getting dark (during dusk)
- Det började skymma ute
- It was beginning to get dark outside
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skymma | skymmas | ||
| supine | skymt | skymts | ||
| imperative | skym | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skymmen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skymmer | skymde | skyms, skymmes | skymdes |
| ind. plural1 | skymma | skymde | skymmas | skymdes |
| subjunctive2 | skymme | skymde | skymmes | skymdes |
| present participle | skymmande | |||
| past participle | skymd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “skymma”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “skymma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “skymma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- skymma in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)