tälja
See also: talja
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish tælghia, from Old Norse telgja, Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁ (talgidai) (third-person past singular), Proto-Germanic *talgijaną.
Verb
tälja (present täljer, preterite täljde, supine täljt, imperative tälj)
- to carve (in wood)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tälja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tälja | täljas | ||
| Supine | täljt | täljts | ||
| Imperative | tälj | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | täljen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | täljer | täljde | täljs, täljes | täljdes |
| Ind. plural1 | tälja | täljde | täljas | täljdes |
| Subjunctive2 | tälje | täljde | täljes | täljdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | täljande | |||
| Past participle | täljd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- täljkniv
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish tælia, from Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del-.
Verb
tälja (present täljer, preterite täljde or talde, supine täljt or talt, imperative tälj)
- (archaic) to tell, to recount, to count
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
- […] satt med mig på dikeskanten,
täljde lugnt sin levnads sägner,
rökte, talade och sade: […]- […] sat with me on the side of the road,
calmly recounted the stories of his life,
smoked, spoke and said: […]
- […] sat with me on the side of the road,
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
Conjugation
Conjugation of tälja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tälja | täljas | ||
| Supine | täljt | täljts | ||
| Imperative | tälj | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | täljen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | täljer | täljde | täljs, täljes | täljdes |
| Ind. plural1 | tälja | täljde | täljas | täljdes |
| Subjunctive2 | tälje | täljde | täljes | täljdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | täljande | |||
| Past participle | täljd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of tälja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tälja | täljas | ||
| Supine | talt | talts | ||
| Imperative | tälj | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | täljen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | täljer | talde | täljs, täljes | taldes |
| Ind. plural1 | tälja | talde | täljas | taldes |
| Subjunctive2 | tälje | talde | täljes | taldes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | täljande | |||
| Past participle | tald | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- förtälja
- täljare
Related terms
- tal
- tala
Further reading
- tälja in Svensk ordbok.