bestryka
Swedish
Etymology
be- + stryka (“stroke”)
Verb
bestryka (present bestryker, preterite beströk, supine bestrykt, imperative bestryk)
- (transitive) to stroke with something (like a brush), applying a layer of some substance; to coat, to brush, to smear, to skim (plaster)
- Väggen beströks med vit limfärg
- The wall was coated with white distemper
- (rare) to stroke more generally
- Han sträckte ut sin hand genom bilrutan och lät den bestrykas av vetet
- He put his hand out through the car window and let it be caressed by the wheat
- (figuratively) to sweep by (something) at a short distance (so as to "stroke" it)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bestryka (class 2 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bestryka | bestrykas | ||
| Supine | bestrukit | bestrukits | ||
| Imperative | bestryk | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bestryken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bestryker | beströk | bestryks, bestrykes | beströks |
| Ind. plural1 | bestryka | beströko | bestrykas | beströkos |
| Subjunctive2 | bestryke | beströke | bestrykes | beströkes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bestrykande | |||
| Past participle | bestruken | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- bestryka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bestryka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bestryka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)