bottna

Swedish

From botten (“bottom”) +‎ -a.

bottna (present bottnar, preterite bottnade, supine bottnat, imperative bottna)

to be able to stand on the bottom of a body of water and have one's head above water
Hon bottnar inte i den djupa delen av poolen
She can't reach the bottom (stand on the bottom and have her head above water) at the deep end of the pool
(with i) to stem from
Alla hans problem bottnar i hans avundsjuka
All his problems stem from his jealousy

Conjugation of bottna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bottna		bottnas
Supine	bottnat		bottnats
Imperative	bottna		—
Imper. plural¹	bottnen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bottnar	bottnade	bottnas	bottnades
Ind. plural¹	bottna	bottnade	bottnas	bottnades
Subjunctive²	bottne	bottnade	bottnes	bottnades
	Participles
Present participle	bottnande
Past participle	bottnad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.