väsa
Swedish
Verb
väsa (present väser, preterite väste, supine väst, imperative väs)
- to hiss
Conjugation
Conjugation of väsa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | väsa | väsas | ||
| Supine | väst | västs | ||
| Imperative | väs | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | väsen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | väser | väste | väss, väses | västes |
| Ind. plural1 | väsa | väste | väsas | västes |
| Subjunctive2 | väse | väste | väses | västes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | väsande | |||
| Past participle | väst | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
- väs (“hiss!”)
Further reading
- väsa in Svensk ordbok.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *vesa, formally identical to Middle High German (ver)wësen (“spoil, perish”), cf. Old English weornian (“spoil”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *wis- (“rot, decay”), the basis for Ancient Greek ῑ̓ός (īós), Latin virus (“poison”), Icelandic visinn (“withered”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Burträsk) IPA(key): [ʋɛ̀ːsɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛ̀ːsɐ
Verb
väsa
- To be idle, good-for-nothing.
- ga å väsa
References
- Institutet för språk och folkminnen (1891) Svenska landsmål och Svenskt folkliv, page 86-87