belamra
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German belammern. Cognate of Dutch belemmeren, German belämmern. Likely originally in the sense "paralyze", compare lam (“lame”).
Verb
belamra (present belamrar, preterite belamrade, supine belamrat, imperative belamra)
- clutter
Usage notes
Usually in the past participle.
Conjugation
Conjugation of belamra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | belamra | belamras | ||
| Supine | belamrat | belamrats | ||
| Imperative | belamra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | belamren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | belamrar | belamrade | belamras | belamrades |
| Ind. plural1 | belamra | belamrade | belamras | belamrades |
| Subjunctive2 | belamre | belamrade | belamres | belamrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | belamrande | |||
| Past participle | belamrad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- belamra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- belamra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- belamra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)