trissa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪsːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪsːa

Noun

trissa f (genitive singular trissu, nominative plural trissur)

1. pulley, sheave

   Synonym: skoruhjól

Declension

Declension of trissa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trissa	trissan	trissur	trissurnar
accusative	trissu	trissuna	trissur	trissurnar
dative	trissu	trissunni	trissum	trissunum
genitive	trissu	trissunnar	trissa	trissanna

Derived terms

• út um allar trissur (“in all directions”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German trītze, trīsse. Origin beyond that disputed. Cognate of German triezen, English trice.

Noun

trissa c

1. a (small) disc, a (small) flat cylinder (especially of certain machine and device parts)
   1. a pulley
   2. a sheave
   3. the spool of a yo-yo (yo-yo minus line)
   4. a caster, a castor
   5. a whorl (in a spinning wheel)
   6. a whorl (on a spindle)

      Synonym: sländtrissa

   7. a buffing wheel

      Synonyms: polertrissa, polerskiva

   8. a polishing pad

      Synonyms: polersvamp, skumtrissa

   9. (colloquial) a hockey puck

      Synonym: puck

Declension

Declension of trissa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trissa	trissas
	definite	trissan	trissans
plural	indefinite	trissor	trissors
	definite	trissorna	trissornas

Derived terms

• dra på trissor
• sländtrissa (“spindle whorl”)

See also

• block
• skiva
• spinnrock (“spinning wheel”)

Verb

trissa (present trissar, preterite trissade, supine trissat, imperative trissa)

1. (usually with upp) to drive up, to raise (of something abstract, often to an excessive or unreasonable level or degree)

   mäklare som trissar upp priser genom skenbudgivning

   real estate agents that hike up prices through shill bidding

   1. to intensify (in a negative way), to inflame

      troll som bara kommer hit för att trissa upp stämningen

      trolls who only come here to provoke [stir up the mood in a negative way]

      trissa upp en konlikt

      cause a conflict to escalate

2. to disturb or annoy (someone), especially in order to provoke a reaction; to goad

   Det är kul att få trissa dig lite. Jag bara retas.

   It's fun to goad you a bit. I'm only teasing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trissa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	trissa		trissas
supine	trissat		trissats
imperative	trissa		—
imper. plural1	trissen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	trissar	trissade	trissas	trissades
ind. plural1	trissa	trissade	trissas	trissades
subjunctive2	trisse	trissade	trisses	trissades
present participle		trissande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• upptrissa

See also

• tracka

References

• trissa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trissa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• trissa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• trissa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)