smacka
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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]Conjugation of smacka (weak)
| 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 |
| Participles | ||||
| 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)