jiddra
Swedish
Etymology
From an older slang sense ’to live’, from Tavringer Romani jida, jiddra (“to live”), cf. jidrepa (“life”), from Romani džiw- (“to live”). Related to Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati, “to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²jɪdra/
- Rhymes: -²ɪdra
Verb
jiddra (present jiddrar, preterite jiddrade, supine jiddrat, imperative jiddra)
- (colloquial) to talk with more or less meaningless content
- Äh, sluta jiddra!
- Meh, stop spewing nonsense!
- (colloquial, by extension) to mess, to argue (engage in more-or-less meaningless arguing or cheeky banter or the like)
- Jiddra inte med Olle!
- Don't mess with Olle!
- Det är ingen idé att jiddra med utkastarna
- It's no point arguing with the bouncers
- 2016, Kristin Nord, “Kranvattnets konnässörer”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Jag slutade jiddra med den stackars servitrisen där på krogen och pröjsade till slut.
- I stopped messing/arguing with the poor waitress there at the pub and finally paid.
Conjugation
Conjugation of jiddra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | jiddra | jiddras | ||
| Supine | jiddrat | jiddrats | ||
| Imperative | jiddra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | jiddren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | jiddrar | jiddrade | jiddras | jiddrades |
| Ind. plural1 | jiddra | jiddrade | jiddras | jiddrades |
| Subjunctive2 | jiddre | jiddrade | jiddres | jiddrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | jiddrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
References
- jiddra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “jidder”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 84
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