blinka
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Maltese
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Australian English blinker.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blinka f (plural blinkas)
- (Australia, automotive) turn signal
- Synonym: indikejter
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]Verb
[edit]blinka
- inflection of blinke:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German blinken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]blinka (present tense blinkar, past tense blinka, past participle blinka, passive infinitive blinkast, present participle blinkande, imperative blinka/blink)
- to twinkle (shine with a flickering light)
- to blink (a quick closing and reopening of both eyes)
- to turn a light repeatedly on and off
- to indicate (signal, in a vehicle, the intention to turn right or left)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “blinka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]blinka (present blinkar, preterite blinkade, supine blinkat, imperative blinka)
- to blink (with one or more eyes)
- Om man inte blinkar så blir ögonen torra
- If you don't blink, your eyes get dry
- Jag tackade ja utan att blinka
- I said yes without blinking
- to wink
- blinka åt någon / blinka med ena ögat ("with [the] one eye") mot någon
- wink at someone
- (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to flash, to blink ((cause a light to) shine briefly or intermittently)
- Varningslampan blinkar
- The warning light is flashing
- blinka med helljuset
- flash the headlights
- (automotive) to signal (with a turn signal – compare blinker)
- blinka åt vänster
- signal to the left
- (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to blink ((cause something to) appear briefly or intermittently, more generally)
- blinkande text
- blinking text
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of blinka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | blinka | — | ||
Supine | blinkat | — | ||
Imperative | blinka | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | blinken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | blinkar | blinkade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | blinka | blinkade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | blinke | blinkade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | blinkande | |||
Past participle | blinkad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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