bullra
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish buldra. Arguably from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Arguably onomatopoeic. Possibly related to Dutch bulderen, German poltern, German bollern.
Verb
[edit]bullra (present bullrar, preterite bullrade, supine bullrat, imperative bullra)
- to make unpleasant noise (often of rumbling, like from a car or machinery, or thunder)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bullra | — | ||
| supine | bullrat | — | ||
| imperative | bullra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | bullren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bullrar | bullrade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | bullra | bullrade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | bullre | bullrade | — | — |
| present participle | bullrande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- mullra (more common for thunder)
References
[edit]- bullra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bullra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bullra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bullra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (sound)
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish onomatopoeias
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish weak verbs