lirka
Swedish
Verb
lirka (present lirkar, preterite lirkade, supine lirkat, imperative lirka)
- (often with a particle like in, ut, or upp) to carefully twist, bend, etc., (something) to accomplish something, with fiddly connotations; to coax
- En räv hade fastnat i ett stängsel, men de lyckades lirka loss den efter en timme
- A fox had gotten stuck in a fence, but they managed to free ("coax loose") it after an hour
- Han lyckades lirka upp låset med gaffeln
- He managed to coax the lock open with the fork
- (figuratively) to carefully manipulate (someone or something, with good or bad intentions); to coax
- Vi fick lirka lite, men till slut gick han med på våra krav
- We had to coax him a bit, but he finally agreed to our demands
Conjugation
Conjugation of lirka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lirka | lirkas | ||
| Supine | lirkat | lirkats | ||
| Imperative | lirka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | lirken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lirkar | lirkade | lirkas | lirkades |
| Ind. plural1 | lirka | lirkade | lirkas | lirkades |
| Subjunctive2 | lirke | lirkade | lirkes | lirkades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lirkande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- lirka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lirka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lirka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)