harkla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish harkla, a borrowing from Old High German harchelen, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to scrape" and perhaps ultimately of imitative origin, related to words such as Dutch hark (“rake”), Danish harke (“to cough up phlegm”), Ancient Greek κράζω (krázō, “to squeak, scream”), Sanskrit खर्जति (kharjati, “it creaks”).[1]
Verb
[edit]harkla (present harklar, preterite harklade, supine harklat, imperative harkla)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | harkla | — | ||
| supine | harklat | — | ||
| imperative | harkla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | harklen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | harklar | harklade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | harkla | harklade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | harkle | harklade | — | — |
| present participle | harklande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.