bälga
See also: balga
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish bælghia (“to swell up”), from Old Norse belgja (“to inflate”), from Proto-Germanic *balgijaną, causative of *belganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”). Compare Danish bælle.
Verb
bälga (present bälgar, preterite bälgade, supine bälgat, imperative bälga)
- drink greedily
Usage notes
Typically reflexively: bälga i sig.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bälga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | bälga | — | ||
| Supine | bälgat | — | ||
| Imperative | bälga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bälgen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bälgar | bälgade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | bälga | bälgade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | bälge | bälgade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bälgande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- bälga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bälga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bälg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- bälghia in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L