snuva
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]snuva c
- (uncountable) the sniffles
- (dated) a cold or a flu; an illness which causes the sniffles
- (informal) a person with the sniffles
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | snuva | snuvas |
| definite | snuvan | snuvans | |
| plural | indefinite | snuvor | snuvors |
| definite | snuvorna | snuvornas |
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Late Old Swedish snuva.
Verb
[edit]snuva (present snuvar, preterite snuvade, supine snuvat, imperative snuva)
- to steal, to fool, to pot
- jag snuvades på vinsten
- I was cheated out of victory
- han snuvade hänsynslöst sina svågrar
- he mercilessly stole from his brothers-in-law
- (dated) to inhale
- (dated) to snoop, to find out
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | snuva | snuvas | ||
| supine | snuvat | snuvats | ||
| imperative | snuva | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | snuven | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | snuvar | snuvade | snuvas | snuvades |
| ind. plural1 | snuva | snuvade | snuvas | snuvades |
| subjunctive2 | snuve | snuvade | snuves | snuvades |
| present participle | snuvande | |||
| past participle | snuvad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.