inviga

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish invighia. By surface analysis, in +‎ viga. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål innvie, German einweihen.

Verb

inviga (present inviger, preterite invigde, supine invigt, imperative invig)

1. inaugurate (formally open)
2. initiate (instruct in esoteric knowledge)

Conjugation

Conjugation of inviga (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	inviga		invigas
supine	invigt		invigts
imperative	invig		—
imper. plural1	invigen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	inviger	invigde	invigs, inviges	invigdes
ind. plural1	inviga	invigde	invigas	invigdes
subjunctive2	invige	invigde	inviges	invigdes
present participle		invigande
past participle		invigd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• invigning

References

• inviga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• inviga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• inviga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)