bölja
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Noun
[edit]bölja c
- a wave, a billow (large, undulating wave, like on the sea)
- Synonym: (more common) våg
- the sea (in some expressions)
- Vi seglade på böljan den blå
- We sailed the sea ["we sailed on the billow the blue (one) / the blue billow," with idiomatic phrasing]
Declension
[edit]Declension of bölja
Derived terms
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[edit]Verb
[edit]bölja (present böljar, preterite böljade, supine böljat, imperative bölja)
- to billow (make large, undulating movements)
- böljande vetefält
- billowing wheat fields
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bölja (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | bölja | böljas | ||
Supine | böljat | böljats | ||
Imperative | bölja | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | böljen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | böljar | böljade | böljas | böljades |
Ind. plural1 | bölja | böljade | böljas | böljades |
Subjunctive2 | bölje | böljade | böljes | böljades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | böljande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
References
[edit]- bölja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bölja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bölja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bölja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- bylghia in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L
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