rubba
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Icelandic rubba (“to scrape”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old Norse riūfa, rjúfa (“to break open, clear away”). Likely cognate of English rub.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]rubba (present rubbar, preterite rubbade, supine rubbat, imperative rubba)
- (sometimes with på) to move (something) slightly (often out of its ordinary or intended position); to nudge, to dislodge
- Han kunde inte rubba (på) stenen
- He couldn't move the rock
- (transitive, figurative) to disturb, to upset, to change
- att rubba balansen ― to upset the balance
- Han gick inte att rubba ― His mind could not be changed ("He could not be nudged")
- Det där är ju rubbat ― That's crazy
- Han är rubbad ― He's deranged
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rubba | rubbas | ||
| supine | rubbat | rubbats | ||
| imperative | rubba | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | rubben | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | rubbar | rubbade | rubbas | rubbades |
| ind. plural1 | rubba | rubbade | rubbas | rubbades |
| subjunctive2 | rubbe | rubbade | rubbes | rubbades |
| present participle | rubbande | |||
| past participle | rubbad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- rubba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rubba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rubba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rubba in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2520”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2520