plira
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from Low German pliren. The German verb likely a mixup of two stems: piren (cognate with English peer) and blarren, blerren (cognate with English blear).
Verb
plira (present plirar, preterite plirade, supine plirat, imperative plira)
- peer (look with squinting eyes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of plira (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | plira | pliras | ||
| Supine | plirat | plirats | ||
| Imperative | plira | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | pliren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | plirar | plirade | pliras | plirades |
| Ind. plural1 | plira | plirade | pliras | plirades |
| Subjunctive2 | plire | plirade | plires | plirades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | plirande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms
- kisa (“squint”)
Derived terms
- plirögd
References
- plira in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- plira in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- plira in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- plira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)