dejta

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from English date.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛj.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛjta
  • Syllabification: dej‧ta

Noun

dejta f

  1. (Canada, United States) meeting

Derived terms

Further reading

Stanislow Frymark (2020) “dejta”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

From English date + -a or from dejt +‎ -a.

Verb

dejta (present dejtar, preterite dejtade, supine dejtat, imperative dejta)

  1. (intransitive, informal) to date
    Jag har dejtat ett tag nu.
    I've been dating for a while now.
  2. (transitive, informal) to date (someone)
    Jag har börjat dejta Karin.
    I've started to date Karin.
  3. (reciprocal, informal) to date each other
    Jag och Karin har börjat dejta.
    Karin and I have started dating.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dejta (weak)
active passive
infinitive dejta dejtas
supine dejtat dejtats
imperative dejta
imper. plural1 dejten
present past present past
indicative dejtar dejtade dejtas dejtades
ind. plural1 dejta dejtade dejtas dejtades
subjunctive2 dejte dejtade dejtes dejtades
present participle dejtande
past participle dejtad

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

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