glänta
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]
Declension
| Declension of glänta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | glänta | gläntan | gläntor | gläntorna |
| Genitive | gläntas | gläntans | gläntors | gläntornas |
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of glänta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | glänta | — | ||
| Supine | gläntat | — | ||
| Imperative | glänta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | glänten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gläntar | gläntade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | glänta | gläntade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | glänte | gläntade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gläntande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- på glänt (“ajar”)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1221, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221
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