spaka
Old Norse
Adjective
spaka
- inflection of spakr:
- strong feminine accusative singular
- strong masculine accusative plural
- weak masculine oblique singular
- weak feminine nominative singular
- weak neuter singular
Swedish
Etymology
spak (“lever”) + -a
Verb
spaka (present spakar, preterite spakade, supine spakat, imperative spaka)
- (colloquial) to steer, to control (an airplane, or something else that involves levers (or more rarely other things by figurative extension))
- Planet spakas av Nisse
- Nisse is behind the controls in the plane
Conjugation
Conjugation of spaka (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | spaka | spakas | ||
Supine | spakat | spakats | ||
Imperative | spaka | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | spaken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | spakar | spakade | spakas | spakades |
Ind. plural1 | spaka | spakade | spakas | spakades |
Subjunctive2 | spake | spakade | spakes | spakades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | spakande | |||
Past participle | spakad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
See also
- ratta
References
- spaka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spaka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spaka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)