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smörja

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish smyria, smøria‚ from Old Norse smyrja, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą (see smör).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [²smœ̞rːja]
  • Audio:(file)
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [²smɵrːja]

Noun

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smörja c

  1. crap, bullshit; something of very low quality or truthfulness
  2. (colloquial) goo; any kind of partially liquid substance

Declension

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Declension of smörja
nominative genitive
singular indefinite smörja smörjas
definite smörjan smörjans
plural indefinite smörjor smörjors
definite smörjorna smörjornas

Verb

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smörja (present smörjer, preterite smorde or smörjde, supine smort or smörjt, imperative smörj)

  1. to grease, to oil; to apply fat or oil to a surface
  2. to apply salve, ointment or similar; to smear
  3. (euphemistic) to grease, to bribe; to perform any action as to make someone more receptive to one's wishes

Conjugation

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Conjugation of smörja (weak)
active passive
infinitive smörja smörjas
supine smort smorts
imperative smörj —
imper. plural1 smörjen —
present past present past
indicative smörjer smorde smörjs, smörjes smordes
ind. plural1 smörja smorde smörjas smordes
subjunctive2 smörje smorde smörjes smordes
present participle smörjande
past participle smord

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of smörja (weak)
active passive
infinitive smörja smörjas
supine smörjt smörjts
imperative smörj —
imper. plural1 smörjen —
present past present past
indicative smörjer smörjde smörjs, smörjes smörjdes
ind. plural1 smörja smörjde smörjas smörjdes
subjunctive2 smörje smörjde smörjes smörjdes
present participle smörjande
past participle smörjd

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3

Further reading

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