buckla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German bokele, from Old French bocle, from Latin buccula. Cognate of English buckle.
"Trophy" sense possibly by similarity with pokal (“trophy”).
Noun
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- a dent (especially in sheet metal, e.g. on a car)
- (colloquial) a cup (trophy)
- Laget kammade hem bucklan
- The team won the cup
Declension
[edit]Declension of buckla
Verb
[edit]buckla (present bucklar, preterite bucklade, supine bucklat, imperative buckla)
- to dent (especially sheet metal, e.g. a car)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of buckla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | buckla | bucklas | ||
| Supine | bucklat | bucklats | ||
| Imperative | buckla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bucklen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bucklar | bucklade | bucklas | bucklades |
| Ind. plural1 | buckla | bucklade | bucklas | bucklades |
| Subjunctive2 | buckle | bucklade | buckles | bucklades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bucklande | |||
| Past participle | bucklad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- buckla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- buckla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- buckla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- buckla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)