glipa
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse *glúpa, from Proto-Germanic *glippan-, related to *gleupaną, cognate with Middle High German glipfen and Middle Low German glippen.
Noun
glipa c
- a gap; a smaller opening in anything made by breaking or parting
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | glipa | glipas |
| definite | glipan | glipans | |
| plural | indefinite | glipor | glipors |
| definite | gliporna | glipornas |
See also
- glapp (“undesirable gap”)
Verb
glipa (present glipar, preterite glipade, supine glipat, imperative glipa)
- gape (display a gap)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | glipa | — | ||
| supine | glipat | — | ||
| imperative | glipa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | glipen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | glipar | glipade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | glipa | glipade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | glipe | glipade | — | — |
| present participle | glipande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.