rota

rota

See also: Rota, rotá, rotà, rotą, ròta, rōta, röta, and rȫta

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊ.tə/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -əʊtə
• Homophones: rotor (non-rhotic accents), Rhoda (with flapping)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”).

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

1. (Britain) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
   • 2014 July 25, Paul Rees, “‘We got off the coach and the National Front was there … People spat at us’”, in The Guardian‎:

     [The manager] instituted a rota for having the players attend supporters’ club meetings throughout the season, telling them it was part of the job of being a footballer.

Related terms

• rotate

Translations

schedule

Finnish: työlista (fi) Irish: uainchlár m Italian: ruolino di marcia m, calendario di lavoro m, ruolino di servizio m Spanish: horario con los turnos m Swedish: arbetsschema n

See also

• roster

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• rocta
• rotta

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

1. (music) A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rota in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• -ator, RATO, Rato, Roat, Taro, rato, taro

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Catalan

Verb

rota

1. third-person singular present indicative form of rotar
2. second-person singular imperative form of rotar

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French

Verb

rota

1. third-person singular past historic of roter

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːta/
• Rhymes: -ɔːta

Etymology 1

From rot (“unconsciousness”).

Verb

rota (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rotaði, supine rotað)

1. to knock out (render unconscious)

Conjugation

rota — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að rota
supine (sagnbót)		rotað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		rotandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég rota	við rotum	present (nútíð)	ég roti	við rotum
	þú rotar	þið rotið		þú rotir	þið rotið
	hann, hún, það rotar	þeir, þær, þau rota		hann, hún, það roti	þeir, þær, þau roti
past (þátíð)	ég rotaði	við rotuðum	past (þátíð)	ég rotaði	við rotuðum
	þú rotaðir	þið rotuðuð		þú rotaðir	þið rotuðuð
	hann, hún, það rotaði	þeir, þær, þau rotuðu		hann, hún, það rotaði	þeir, þær, þau rotuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	rota (þú)	rotið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	rotaðu	rotiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

rotast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að rotast
supine (sagnbót)		rotast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		rotandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég rotast	við rotumst	present (nútíð)	ég rotist	við rotumst
	þú rotast	þið rotist		þú rotist	þið rotist
	hann, hún, það rotast	þeir, þær, þau rotast		hann, hún, það rotist	þeir, þær, þau rotist
past (þátíð)	ég rotaðist	við rotuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég rotaðist	við rotuðumst
	þú rotaðist	þið rotuðust		þú rotaðist	þið rotuðust
	hann, hún, það rotaðist	þeir, þær, þau rotuðust		hann, hún, það rotaðist	þeir, þær, þau rotuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	rotast (þú)	rotist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	rotastu	rotisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

rotaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	rotaður	rotuð	rotað		rotaðir	rotaðar	rotuð
accusative (þolfall)	rotaðan	rotaða	rotað		rotaða	rotaðar	rotuð
dative (þágufall)	rotuðum	rotaðri	rotuðu		rotuðum	rotuðum	rotuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	rotaðs	rotaðrar	rotaðs		rotaðra	rotaðra	rotaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	rotaði	rotaða	rotaða		rotuðu	rotuðu	rotuðu
accusative (þolfall)	rotaða	rotuðu	rotaða		rotuðu	rotuðu	rotuðu
dative (þágufall)	rotaða	rotuðu	rotaða		rotuðu	rotuðu	rotuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	rotaða	rotuðu	rotaða		rotuðu	rotuðu	rotuðu

Related terms

• rot

Etymology 2

See rotna

Noun

rota f (genitive singular rotu, nominative plural rotur)

1. rotten spot

Declension

declension of rota

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rota	rotan	rotur	roturnar
accusative	rotu	rotuna	rotur	roturnar
dative	rotu	rotunni	rotum	rotunum
genitive	rotu	rotunnar	rota	rotanna

Related terms

• rot
• rotna
• rotinn

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Interlingua

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

1. wheel

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: rò‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin rota.

Noun

rota f (plural rote)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of ruota

Verb

rota

1. inflection of rotare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Taro, Torà, arto, atro, rato, taro, tarò, torà

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɔːta/

Verb

rota (infinitive kũrota)

1. to dream

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• kĩroto class 7

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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Latin

rota persica (Iranian wheel)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rotā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂-eh₂, from *Hreth₂- (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.ta/, [ˈrɔt̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.ta/, [ˈrɔːt̪ä]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

rota f (genitive rotae); first declension

1. wheel
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.107–108:

     aureus axis erat, temo aureus, aurea summae
     curvatura rotae, radiorum argenteus ordo

     the axle was of gold, the pole of gold, all of gold
     the rim of the wheels, with a set of silver spokes.

2. (pars pro toto) a car, a chariot

   Si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam.

   If you don't have a car, you'd better make your way on foot.

3. (figuratively) the disc of the sun
   • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5:

     Hic neque tum solis rota cerni lumine largo
     altivolans poterat […]

     Nor can the sun's disc larger be by much, nor its own blaze much less […]

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rota	rotae
Genitive	rotae	rotārum
Dative	rotae	rotīs
Accusative	rotam	rotās
Ablative	rotā	rotīs
Vocative	rota	rotae

Hyponyms

• rota aquāria (“water-wheel”)

Derived terms

• rotābilis
• rotālis
• rotātim
• rotātiō
• rotātor
• rotātus
• rotella
• rotō
• rotula
• rotundus

 

Related terms

• birotus
• petorritum

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: roatã, aroatã
  • Romanian: roată ⇒ rotilă
  • → Albanian: rrotë
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ruota
  • Neapolitan: rota
  • Sicilian: rota
    • → Maltese: rota
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: ròda, röda
  • Friulian: ruede
  • Istriot: rùda
  • Ligurian: rêua
  • Lombard: reuda, ròda
  • Piedmontese: roa, reua
  • Romansch: roda, rouda
  • Venetian: roda, rua
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: roua
  • French: roue
  • Walloon: rowe
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: roda
  • Occitan: ròda, arròda
    • → Basque: arroda
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: rueda
  • Galician: roda
  • Mirandese: ruoda
  • Portuguese: roda
  • Spanish: rueda
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: roda, arroda, rota, orroda
• Borrowings:
  • → Basque: errota
  • → English: rota

References

• “rota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Latvian

Noun

rota f (4th declension)

1. ornament
2. decoration
3. adornment
4. flower
5. jewel

Declension

Declension of rota (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	rota	rotas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rotu	rotas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rotas	rotu
dative (datīvs)	rotai	rotām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rotu	rotām
locative (lokatīvs)	rotā	rotās
vocative (vokatīvs)	rota	rotas

Related terms

• rotāt

Noun

rota f (4th declension)

1. (military) company

Declension

Declension of rota (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	rota	rotas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	rotu	rotas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	rotas	rotu
dative (datīvs)	rotai	rotām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	rotu	rotām
locative (lokatīvs)	rotā	rotās
vocative (vokatīvs)	rota	rotas

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

rota pl (plural only)

1. Nonstandard spelling of wrota.

Declension

Declension of rota

	plural (plurale tantum)
Nominative	rota
Genitive	rotow
Dative	rotam
Accusative	rota
Instrumental	rotami
Locative	rotach

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian rota, from Latin rota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːta/

Noun

rota f (plural roti)

1. wheel
2. bicycle

   Synonyms: (less common) bajsikil, (rare) biċikletta

See also

• raddiena

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin rota.

Noun

rota f (plural rote)

1. wheel

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• roten

Noun

rota f sg

1. definite feminine singular of rot

Alternative forms

• rotet

Verb

rota

1. past tense of rote
2. past participle of rote

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːtɑ/

Noun

rota f

1. definite singular of rot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ruːtɑ/

Verb

rota (present tense rotar, past tense rota, past participle rota, passive infinitive rotast, present participle rotande, imperative rota/rot)

1. alternative form of rote

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: ro‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rota.

Noun

rota f

1. oath

Declension

Declension of rota

	singular	plural
nominative	rota	roty
genitive	roty	rot
dative	rocie	rotom
accusative	rotę	roty
instrumental	rotą	rotami
locative	rocie	rotach
vocative	roto	roty

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech rota, from Latin [Term?].

Noun

rota f

1. rote (musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of rota

	singular	plural
nominative	rota	roty
genitive	roty	rot
dative	rocie	rotom
accusative	rotę	roty
instrumental	rotą	rotami
locative	rocie	rotach
vocative	roto	roty

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle High German rotte, from Old French rote.

Noun

rota f

1. (military) rota (formation)

Declension

Declension of rota

	singular	plural
nominative	rota	roty
genitive	roty	rot
dative	rocie	rotom
accusative	rotę	roty
instrumental	rotą	rotami
locative	rocie	rotach
vocative	roto	roty

Further reading

• rota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rota in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rote (modern French route).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ta/ [ˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

1. route (course or way travelled)

   Synonyms: percurso, caminho, curso, rumo, derrota

Derived terms

• rotear

Etymology 2

From Latin rupta, ruptus.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ta/ [ˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

1. combat (a fight or battle)

   Synonyms: luta, combate

2. (military) defeat

   Synonyms: derrota, perda

Etymology 3

From Old French rote, from Germanic.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ta/ [ˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

1. (music) rota (mediaeval string instrument)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Italian rota.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ta/ [ˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

1. (Roman Catholicism) rota (ecclesiastical court of appeal)

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Malay rotan.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ta/ [ˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

1. rattan (any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus)

   Synonyms: rotim, ratã

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tɐ/ [ˈho.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tɐ/ [ˈho.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tɐ/ [ˈχo.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.ta/ [ˈho.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁo.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Adjective

rota

1. feminine singular of roto

Etymology 7

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ta/ [ˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Verb

rota

1. inflection of rotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈhɔ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ [ˈχɔ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ta/ [ˈhɔ.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Verb

rota

1. (Brazilian spelling) short feminine singular past participle of romper

References

1. “rota” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “rota” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romani

Noun

rota f (plural roti)

1. Alternative form of rròta (“wheel”)

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Romanian

Verb

a rota (third-person singular present rotează, past participle rotat) 1st conj.

1. Alternative form of roti

Conjugation

    conjugation of rota (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a rota
gerund			rotând
past participle			rotat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	rotez	rotezi	rotează	rotăm	rotați	rotează
	imperfect	rotam	rotai	rota	rotam	rotați	rotau
	simple perfect	rotai	rotași	rotă	rotarăm	rotarăți	rotară
	pluperfect	rotasem	rotaseși	rotase	rotaserăm	rotaserăți	rotaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să rotez	să rotezi	să roteze	să rotăm	să rotați	să roteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		rotează			rotați
	negative		nu rota			nu rotați

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Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

Verb

-rótá (infinitive kurótá)

1. dream

Derived terms

• inzozi

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Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

Verb

-rótá (infinitive kurótá)

1. dream

Derived terms

• chiroto

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin rota.

Noun

rota

1. wheel

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrota/ [ˈro.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: ro‧ta

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

1. female equivalent of roto

Adjective

rota

1. feminine singular of roto

Participle

rota f sg

1. feminine singular of roto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rota

1. inflection of rotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Swedish

Etymology

rot +‎ -a

Verb

rota (present rotar, preterite rotade, supine rotat, imperative rota)

1. to rummage, to root (search for something in a messy manner)
2. (computing) to root (gain privileged access on a device)

Usage notes

Often with a particle like runt (“around”), igenom (“through”), or fram (“forth”) (used like "out," for when something is found).

Conjugation

Conjugation of rota (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rota		rotas
Supine	rotat		rotats
Imperative	rota		—
Imper. plural1	roten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rotar	rotade	rotas	rotades
Ind. plural1	rota	rotade	rotas	rotades
Subjunctive2	rote	rotade	rotes	rotades
	Participles
Present participle	rotande
Past participle	rotad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• böka (“to root, to dig”)

References

• rota in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rota in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rota in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)