glupa
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]glupa
- inflection of glup:
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish glupa (“devour”). Likely from Old Norse gleypa (“to devour”). Compare gloppa, glåpa.
Verb
[edit]glupa (present glupar, preterite glupade, supine glupat, imperative glupa)
- (in the present participle "glupande") voracious, ravenous
- glupande aptit
- voracious appetite
- glupande hunger
- ravenous hunger
- (in "glupa i sig") to swallow in mouthfuls (without chewing), to devour
- glupa i sig glass
- gorge down ice cream
- to gape (as if for prey)
Usage notes
[edit]Rare other than in the present participle.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | glupa | glupas | ||
| supine | glupat | glupats | ||
| imperative | glupa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | glupen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | glupar | glupade | glupas | glupades |
| ind. plural1 | glupa | glupade | glupas | glupades |
| subjunctive2 | glupe | glupade | glupes | glupades |
| present participle | glupande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- glupa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- glupa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- glupande in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)