snickra
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed. Arguably pure back-formation from snickare. Arguably directly from the dialectal verb snicka, from Old Swedish snikka, from Old Norse *sníðka, from sníða (from whence also snida).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]snickra (present snickrar, preterite snickrade, supine snickrat, imperative snickra)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | snickra | snickras | ||
| supine | snickrat | snickrats | ||
| imperative | snickra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | snickren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | snickrar | snickrade | snickras | snickrades |
| ind. plural1 | snickra | snickrade | snickras | snickrades |
| subjunctive2 | snickre | snickrade | snickres | snickrades |
| present participle | snickrande | |||
| past participle | snickrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- snickra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snickra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snickra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- snickra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)