flacka
See also: fläcka
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate of Icelandic flakka, Norwegian Nynorsk flakke. Likely related to Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ), Latin plaga. Compare origin of flaxa, fläkta, flagg. See also Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌺𐌰𐌽 (flōkan).
Verb
[edit]flacka (present flackar, preterite flackade, supine flackat, imperative flacka)
- (often with a particle like runt (“around”) or omkring (“around”)) to rove (move aimlessly from place to place)
- (in the present participle "flackande") roving (often of a gaze)
- en flackande blick
- roving eyes
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of flacka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | flacka | flackas | ||
| Supine | flackat | flackats | ||
| Imperative | flacka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | flacken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | flackar | flackade | flackas | flackades |
| Ind. plural1 | flacka | flackade | flackas | flackades |
| Subjunctive2 | flacke | flackade | flackes | flackades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | flackande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]- kringflackande (“roving”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]flacka
References
[edit]- flacka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- flacka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- flacka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- flacka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)