yxa

Translingual

Symbol

yxa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mayawali.

Swedish

en yxa

Etymology

From Old Norse øx (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏkːsa/

Noun

yxa c

1. an axe

   Ronny högg ner ett träd med en yxa

   Ronny cut down a tree with an axe

Declension

Declension of yxa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	yxa	yxas
	definite	yxan	yxans
plural	indefinite	yxor	yxors
	definite	yxorna	yxornas

Derived terms

• yxmördare (“axe murderer”)

Verb

yxa (present yxar, preterite yxade, supine yxat, imperative yxa)

1. (yxa till, yxa ihop, yxa fram) to axe, to cut, chip or sculpture with an axe, to hack, to shape roughly, to make a prototype
   • Heimskringla, part 3

     Thorberg gick fram och yxade till kanten, så att alla märkena efter yxhuggen försvunno.

     Then Thorberg went and chipped the planks until the deep notches were all smoothed and made even with the rest.

   och så yxade jag till en stuga här vid vägen.

   And so I built a log cabin here by the road.

   kommittén hade yxat till ett förslag

   the committee had hacked a rough proposal

   jag yxade till min personliga profil lite grann

   I shaped up my personal profile a bit

2. (yxa ner, yxa upp, yxa sönder, yxa bort) to slash with an axe, to reduce or remove, to attack, to criticise

   Hon har yxat ner antalet biståndsländer från 70 till 33

   She has slashed the number of countries receiving our foreign aid from 70 to 33

   yxa upp en vak

   cut a hole in the ice with an axe

Conjugation

Conjugation of yxa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	yxa		yxas
supine	yxat		yxats
imperative	yxa		—
imper. plural1	yxen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	yxar	yxade	yxas	yxades
ind. plural1	yxa	yxade	yxas	yxades
subjunctive2	yxe	yxade	yxes	yxades
present participle		yxande
past participle		yxad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• bila
• grovhuggen
• sabla

References

• “yxa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “yxa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “yxa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)