svala

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aːla

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svala.

Noun

svala f (genitive singular svölu, nominative plural svölur)

  1. swallow
Declension
declension of svala
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svala svalan svölur svölurnar
accusative svölu svöluna svölur svölurnar
dative svölu svölunni svölum svölunum
genitive svölu svölunnar svala/svalna svalanna/svalnanna

Verb

svala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svalaði, supine svalað)

  1. to satisfy
  2. to quench
Conjugation
svala — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að svala
supine
(sagnbót)		 svalað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 svalandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég svala við svölum present
(nútíð)		 ég svali við svölum
þú svalar þið svalið þú svalir þið svalið
hann, hún, það svalar þeir, þær, þau svala hann, hún, það svali þeir, þær, þau svali
past
(þátíð)		 ég svalaði við svöluðum past
(þátíð)		 ég svalaði við svöluðum
þú svalaðir þið svöluðuð þú svalaðir þið svöluðuð
hann, hún, það svalaði þeir, þær, þau svöluðu hann, hún, það svalaði þeir, þær, þau svöluðu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 svala (þú) svalið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
svalaðu svaliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

svala m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of svale

Verb

svala

  1. inflection of svale:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svala f (definite singular svala, indefinite plural svaler or svalor, definite plural svalene or svalone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of svale
  2. definite singular of svale

Verb

svala (present tense svalar, past tense svala, past participle svala, passive infinitive svalast, present participle svalande, imperative svala/sval)

  1. Alternative form of svale

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

The expected form is *svǫlva, which is reflected in some of the descendants; nominative singular svala is due to analogy with the oblique singular svǫlu, caused by the loss of v before a rounded vowel. Compare vǫlva, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ, with oblique singular vǫlu.

Noun

svala f (genitive svǫlu, plural svǫlur)

  1. a swallow
Declension
  Declension of svala (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svala svalan svǫlur svǫlurnar
accusative svǫlu svǫluna svǫlur svǫlurnar
dative svǫlu svǫlunni svǫlum svǫlunum
genitive svǫlu svǫlunnar svalna svalnanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: svala
  • Faroese: svala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svale (svala, svole, svòlu, sulu (dialectal or obsolete))
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svale
  • Old Swedish: svala
  • Old Danish: swalæ, swolæ

Etymology 2

From the adjective svalr.

Verb

svala

  1. to chill, cool
Conjugation
Conjugation of svala — active (weak class 2)
infinitive svala
present participle svalandi
past participle svalaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular svala svalaða
2nd-person singular svalar svalaðir
3rd-person singular svalar svalaði
1st-person plural svǫlum svǫluðum
2nd-person plural svalið svǫluðuð
3rd-person plural svala svǫluðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svala svalaða
2nd-person singular svalir svalaðir
3rd-person singular svali svalaði
1st-person plural svalim svalaðim
2nd-person plural svalið svalaðið
3rd-person plural svali svalaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular svala
1st-person plural svǫlum
2nd-person plural svalið
Conjugation of svala — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive svalask
present participle svalandisk
past participle svalazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular svǫlumk svǫluðumk
2nd-person singular svalask svalaðisk
3rd-person singular svalask svalaðisk
1st-person plural svǫlumsk svǫluðumsk
2nd-person plural svalizk svǫluðuzk
3rd-person plural svalask svǫluðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svǫlumk svǫluðumk
2nd-person singular svalisk svalaðisk
3rd-person singular svalisk svalaðisk
1st-person plural svalimsk svalaðimsk
2nd-person plural svalizk svalaðizk
3rd-person plural svalisk svalaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular svalask
1st-person plural svǫlumsk
2nd-person plural svalizk
Descendants

Adjective

svala

  1. strong feminine accusative singular of svalr
  2. strong masculine accusative plural of svalr
  3. weak masculine oblique singular of svalr
  4. weak feminine nominative singular of svalr
  5. weak neuter singular of svalr

References
  • “svala”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²svɑːla/
  • Audio (en svala)(file)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

svala

  1. inflection of sval:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2
svala

From Old Norse svala, from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

Noun

svala c

  1. swallow (bird)
Declension
Declension of svala 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative svala svalan svalor svalorna
Genitive svalas svalans svalors svalornas

Anagrams
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