glupa

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

glupa

  1. inflection of glup:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish glupa (“devour”). Likely from Old Norse gleypa (“to devour”). Compare gloppa, glåpa.

Verb

glupa (present glupar, preterite glupade, supine glupat, imperative glupa)

  1. (in the present participle "glupande") voracious, ravenous
    glupande aptit
    voracious appetite
    glupande hunger
    ravenous hunger
  2. (in "glupa i sig") to swallow in mouthfuls (without chewing), to devour
    glupa i sig glass
    gorge down ice cream
  3. to gape (as if for prey)

Usage notes

Rare other than in the present participle.

Conjugation
Conjugation of glupa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive glupa glupas
Supine glupat glupats
Imperative glupa —
Imper. plural1 glupen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative glupar glupade glupas glupades
Ind. plural1 glupa glupade glupas glupades
Subjunctive2 glupe glupade glupes glupades
Participles
Present participle glupande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References
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