skymma
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]skymma (present skymmer, preterite skymde, supine skymt, imperative skym)
- to obscure (from view), to blot out
- Träden skymmer sjön
- The trees obscure the lake (the lake can't be (completely) seen because the trees are in the way)
- Månen skymmer solen under en solförmörkelse
- The moon obscures the sun during a solar eclipse
- to be getting dark (during dusk)
- Det började skymma ute
- It was beginning to get dark outside
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of skymma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | skymma | skymmas | ||
| Supine | skymt | skymts | ||
| Imperative | skym | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | skymmen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | skymmer | skymde | skyms, skymmes | skymdes |
| Ind. plural1 | skymma | skymde | skymmas | skymdes |
| Subjunctive2 | skymme | skymde | skymmes | skymdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skymmande | |||
| Past participle | skymd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- skymma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skymma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skymma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- skymma in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)