plira
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Low German pliren. The German verb likely a mixup of two stems: piren (cognate with English peer) and blarren, blerren (cognate with English blear).
Verb
[edit]plira (present plirar, preterite plirade, supine plirat, imperative plira)
- peer (look with squinting eyes)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plira | pliras | ||
| supine | plirat | plirats | ||
| imperative | plira | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | pliren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | plirar | plirade | pliras | plirades |
| ind. plural1 | plira | plirade | pliras | plirades |
| subjunctive2 | plire | plirade | plires | plirades |
| present participle | plirande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Synonyms
[edit]- kisa (“squint”)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- plira in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- plira in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- plira in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- plira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)