svalla
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See also: svälla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]svall + -a. Doublet of svullna and svälla.
Verb
[edit]svalla (present svallar, preterite svallade, supine svallat, imperative svalla)
- to swell, to surge (of the motion of waves on a shore)
- to undulate, to billow, to heave (to move like a wave, up and down)
- to seethe
- to effervesce
- to flush, to flow (of blood or words in speech)
- to run high, to overflow (of emotions)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of svalla (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | svalla | — | ||
Supine | svallat | — | ||
Imperative | svalla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | svallen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | svallar | svallade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | svalla | svallade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | svalle | svallade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | svallande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- svalla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svalla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svalla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- svalla in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)