byka

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɘ.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘka
  • Syllabification: by‧ka

Noun

byka m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of byk

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German büken, ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Related to German bauchen and German bäuchen. Cognate of French buer and English buck (“to soak, steep or boil in lye or suds”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²byːɡa/

Verb

byka (present bykar, preterite bykade, supine bykat, imperative byka)

  1. (dated) wash textiles in boiling water

Conjugation

Conjugation of byka (weak)
active passive
infinitive byka bykas
supine bykt bykts
imperative byk —
imper. plural1 byken —
present past present past
indicative byker bykte byks, bykes byktes
ind. plural1 byka bykte bykas byktes
subjunctive2 byke bykte bykes byktes
present participle bykande
past participle bykt

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

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