harkla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish harkla, a borrowing from Old High German harchelen, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to scrape" and perhaps ultimately of imitative origin, related to words such as Dutch hark (“rake”), Danish harke (“to cough up phlegm”), Ancient Greek κράζω (krázō, “to squeak, scream”), Sanskrit खर्जति (kharjati, “it creaks”).[1]

Verb

harkla (present harklar, preterite harklade, supine harklat, imperative harkla)

  1. (reflexive) to clear one's throat

Conjugation

Conjugation of harkla (weak)
active passive
infinitive harkla —
supine harklat —
imperative harkla —
imper. plural1 harklen —
present past present past
indicative harklar harklade — —
ind. plural1 harkla harklade — —
subjunctive2 harkle harklade — —
present participle harklande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

  1. ^ “harkla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎[1] (in Swedish), 1937

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