smacka
See also: smäcka
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely borrowed from Middle Low German smacken. Cognate of Dutch smakken. Likely originally onomatopoeic. See also smäcka, smaska, smocka.
Verb
[edit]smacka (present smackar, preterite smackade, supine smackat, imperative smacka)
- smack one's lips
- click one's tongue against one's palate (as a signal of hunger or as a command for a horse)
- eat noisily
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | smacka | smackas | ||
| supine | smackat | smackats | ||
| imperative | smacka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | smacken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | smackar | smackade | smackas | smackades |
| ind. plural1 | smacka | smackade | smackas | smackades |
| subjunctive2 | smacke | smackade | smackes | smackades |
| present participle | smackande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- smacka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- smacka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)