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
[edit]buckla c
- 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]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | buckla | bucklas |
| definite | bucklan | bucklans | |
| plural | indefinite | bucklor | bucklors |
| definite | bucklorna | bucklornas |
Verb
[edit]buckla (present bucklar, preterite bucklade, supine bucklat, imperative buckla)
- to dent (especially sheet metal, e.g. a car)
Conjugation
[edit]| 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 |
| 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)