svälla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish svælla, from Old Norse svella, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną. Compare Icelandic svella, English swell, Low German swellen, Dutch zwellen, German schwellen. Doublet of svalla and svullna.
Verb
[edit]svälla (present sväller, preterite svällde, supine svällt, imperative sväll)
- to swell (become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | svälla | svällas | ||
| supine | svällt | svällts | ||
| imperative | sväll | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | svällen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sväller | svällde | svälls, svälles | svälldes |
| ind. plural1 | svälla | svällde | svällas | svälldes |
| subjunctive2 | svälle | svällde | svälles | svälldes |
| present participle | svällande | |||
| past participle | svälld | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
[edit]- “svälla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “svälla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “svälla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- svälla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)