blixtra
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From either blixta or *blixra, from blixa, without close relatives in Scandinavian, but ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate of Dutch bliksemen, German blitzen.
Verb
[edit]blixtra (present blixtrar, preterite blixtrade, supine blixtrat, imperative blixtra)
- to flash; to emit a flashing light
- Kamerorna blixtrade
- The cameras flashed
- (impersonal) to have lightning strike
- Det blixtrar ute
- There's lightning outside
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of blixtra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | blixtra | — | ||
| Supine | blixtrat | — | ||
| Imperative | blixtra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | blixtren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | blixtrar | blixtrade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | blixtra | blixtrade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | blixtre | blixtrade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | blixtrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- blixtra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- blixtra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- blixtra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- blixtra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)