spotta
Old Swedish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spuþþōną.
Verb
spotta
- to spit
Conjugation
| present | past | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spotta | — | ||||
| participle | spottandi, -e | spottaþer | ||||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| iæk | spottar | spotti, -e | — | spottaþi, -e | spottaþi, -e | |
| þū | spottar | spotti, -e | spotta | spottaþi, -e | spottaþi, -e | |
| han | spottar | spotti, -e | — | spottaþi, -e | spottaþi, -e | |
| vīr | spottum, -om | spottum, -om | spottum, -om | spottaþum, -om | spottaþum, -om | |
| īr | spottin | spottin | spottin | spottaþin | spottaþin | |
| þēr | spotta | spottin | — | spottaþu, -o | spottaþin | |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| iæk | spottas | spottis, -es | — | spottaþis, -es | spottaþis, -es | |
| þū | spottas | spottis, -es | — | spottaþis, -es | spottaþis, -es | |
| han | spottas | spottis, -es | — | spottaþis, -es | spottaþis, -es | |
| vīr | spottums, -oms | spottums, -oms | — | spottaþums, -oms | spottaþums, -oms | |
| īr | spottins | spottins | — | spottaþins | spottaþins | |
| þēr | spottas | spottins | — | spottaþus, -os | spottaþins | |
Descendants
- Swedish: spotta
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish spotta, from Proto-Germanic *spuþþōną.
Pronunciation
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Noun
spotta c
- (zoology, dialectal) plaice; any fish in the genus Pleuronectes; especially species Pleuronectes platessa.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | spotta | spottas |
| definite | spottan | spottans | |
| plural | indefinite | spottor | spottors |
| definite | spottorna | spottornas |
Synonyms
Compounds
- rödspotta
- spottfilé
Verb
spotta (present spottar, preterite spottade, supine spottat, imperative spotta)
- to spit
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spotta | spottas | ||
| supine | spottat | spottats | ||
| imperative | spotta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | spotten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | spottar | spottade | spottas | spottades |
| ind. plural1 | spotta | spottade | spottas | spottades |
| subjunctive2 | spotte | spottade | spottes | spottades |
| present participle | spottande | |||
| past participle | spottad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
- inte spotta i glaset (“to like a drink”)
- spott
- spotta fram
- spotta upp sig
- spotta ut
- spottare
- spottning
Compounds
- spottkladd
- spottkluns
- spottkopp
- spottkörtel
- spottloska
- spottstrit
- spottstyver
See also
- loska (“to hock a loogie”)
References
- spotta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spotta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spotta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)