avutrota
Swedish
Etymology
av (“cease; de-”) + utrota (“eradicate”)
Verb
avutrota (present avutrotar, preterite avutrotade, supine avutrotat, imperative avutrota)
- to make de-extinct; to bring back an eradicated species
- 2022 March 16, Ania Obminska, “Här är djuren som kan väckas till liv – med gensaxen Crispr”, in Ny teknik:
- Forskare tittar på att avutrota pungdjur och råttor.
- Researchers are looking at de-eradicating marsupials and rats.
- Antonym: utrota
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Conjugation
Conjugation of avutrota (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | avutrota | avutrotas | ||
| Supine | avutrotat | avutrotats | ||
| Imperative | avutrota | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | avutroten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | avutrotar | avutrotade | avutrotas | avutrotades |
| Ind. plural1 | avutrota | avutrotade | avutrotas | avutrotades |
| Subjunctive2 | avutrote | avutrotade | avutrotes | avutrotades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | avutrotande | |||
| Past participle | avutrotad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
- (adjective): avutrotad (“de-eradicated”)
Further reading
- avutrota in Svensk ordbok.