rikta
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Verb
rikta (present riktar, preterite riktade, supine riktat, imperative rikta)
- to direct, to aim
- to straighten, to true, to adjust
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rikta | riktas | ||
| supine | riktat | riktats | ||
| imperative | rikta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | rikten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | riktar | riktade | riktas | riktades |
| ind. plural1 | rikta | riktade | riktas | riktades |
| subjunctive2 | rikte | riktade | riktes | riktades |
| present participle | riktande | |||
| past participle | riktad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
Further reading
- rikta in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rikkodak. Cognates include Finnish rikkoa.
Verb
rikta
- to kill
Inflection
| Inflection of rikta (inflection type 2/jauhta) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st infinitive | rikta | ||
| present indic. | rikob | ||
| past indic. | rikoi | ||
| present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | rikon | rikoin | — |
| 2nd singular | rikod | rikoid | riko |
| 3rd singular | rikob | rikoi | rikkaha |
| 1st plural | rikom | rikoim | rikkam |
| 2nd plural | rikot | rikoit | rikkat |
| 3rd plural | riktas rikoba |
rikoiba | rikkaha |
| sing. conneg.1 | riko | rikond | riko |
| plur. conneg. | rikkoi | riknugoi | rikkoi |
| present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
| 1st singular | rikoižin | riknuižin | riknen |
| 2nd singular | rikoižid | riknuižid | rikned |
| 3rd singular | rikoiži | riknuiži | rikneb |
| 1st plural | rikoižim | riknuižim | riknem |
| 2nd plural | rikoižit | riknuižit | riknet |
| 3rd plural | rikoižiba | riknuižiba | rikneba |
| connegative | rikoiži | riknuiži | rikne |
| non-finite forms | |||
| 1st infinitive | rikta | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | riktes | inessive | rikmas |
| instructive | rikten | illative | rikmaha |
| participles | elative | rikmaspäi | |
| present active | rikoi | adessive | rikmal |
| past active | riknu | abessive | rikmat |
| past passive | riktud | ||
| 1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons. | |||