blossa
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish blusa, likely equivalent to bloss + -a. Cognate of Danish blusse, Middle Low German blosen, Dutch blozen. Compare Old English blyscan, āblysian, English blush.
Verb
[edit]blossa (present blossar, preterite blossade, supine blossat, imperative blossa)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blossa | — | ||
| supine | blossat | — | ||
| imperative | blossa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | blossen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | blossar | blossade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | blossa | blossade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | blosse | blossade | — | — |
| present participle | blossande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- blossa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- blossa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- blossa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- blossa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)