flina

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse flina, from Proto-Germanic *flinōną, which could have meant "bare (the teeth)," from Proto-Indo-European *plēy-, *plī-, from *pel-, *pʰel, *spʰel- (“to cleave, to split off, to cast off”).[1]

Verb

flina (present flinar, preterite flinade, supine flinat, imperative flina)

grin (to smile showing the teeth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of flina (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	flina		flinas
Supine	flinat		flinats
Imperative	flina		—
Imper. plural¹	flinen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	flinar	flinade	flinas	flinades
Ind. plural¹	flina	flinade	flinas	flinades
Subjunctive²	fline	flinade	flines	flinades
	Participles
Present participle	flinande
Past participle	flinad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

flin

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “flaina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143

Anagrams

final

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “flaina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143