kyla

See also: Kyla, kýla, kylä, and kỳ lạ

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

kyla c

1. cold, coldness (low temperature, or figuratively of emotional coldness, etc.)

Declension

Declension of kyla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kyla	kylas
	definite	kylan	kylans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Synonyms

• köld

See also

• kyl

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kœla, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną.

Verb

kyla (present kyler, preterite kylde, supine kylt, imperative kyl)

1. to chill, to cool, to refrigerate; to lower the temperature of something

Conjugation

Conjugation of kyla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kyla		kylas
Supine	kylt		kylts
Imperative	kyl		—
Imper. plural1	kylen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kyler	kylde	kyls, kyles	kyldes
Ind. plural1	kyla	kylde	kylas	kyldes
Subjunctive2	kyle	kylde	kyles	kyldes
	Participles
Present participle	kylande
Past participle	kyld
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• avkyla
• kylare
• kylig
• kylning
• kylskåp
• nedkyla

Related terms

• kall
• köld

Further reading

• kyla in Svensk ordbok.