laka ur
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lake (“brine”) + -a + ur (“out”)
Verb
[edit]laka ur (present lakar ur, preterite lakade ur, supine lakat ur, imperative laka ur)
- soak, extract, leach (to remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid (often water))
- Synonym: (with water) vattna ur
- laka ur sill
- soak herring (to leach out salt)
- (figurative) drain, exhaust, wear out
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of laka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | laka ur | lakas ur | ||
| Supine | lakat ur | lakats ur | ||
| Imperative | laka ur | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | laken ur | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lakar ur | lakade ur | lakas ur | lakades ur |
| Ind. plural1 | laka ur | lakade ur | lakas ur | lakades ur |
| Subjunctive2 | lake ur | lakade ur | lakes ur | lakades ur |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | urlakande | |||
| Past participle | urlakad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||