laka ur
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lake (“brine”) + -a + ur (“out”)
Verb
[edit]laka ur (present lakar ur, preterite lakade ur, supine lakat ur, imperative laka ur)
- soak, extract, leach (to remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid (often water))
- Synonym: (with water) vattna ur
- laka ur sill
- soak herring (to leach out salt)
- (figurative) drain, exhaust, wear out
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laka ur | lakas ur | ||
| supine | lakat ur | lakats ur | ||
| imperative | laka ur | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | laken ur | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | lakar ur | lakade ur | lakas ur | lakades ur |
| ind. plural1 | laka ur | lakade ur | lakas ur | lakades ur |
| subjunctive2 | lake ur | lakade ur | lakes ur | lakades ur |
| present participle | urlakande | |||
| past participle | urlakad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.