ljuda

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish liūdha, from Old Norse hljóða (sound), equivalent to ljud +‎ -a.

Verb

ljuda (present ljuder, preterite ljöd, supine ljudit, imperative ljud)

  1. to sound (loudly), to resound
Conjugation
Conjugation of ljuda (class 2 strong)
active passive
infinitive ljuda
supine ljudit
imperative ljud
imper. plural1 ljuden
present past present past
indicative ljuder ljöd
ind. plural1 ljuda ljödo
subjunctive2 ljude ljöde
present participle ljudande
past participle ljuden

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

Etymology 2

Semantic calque of English sounding, surface level ljud + -a

Verb

ljuda (present ljudar, preterite ljudade, supine ljudat, imperative ljuda)

  1. to learn reading by sounding each letter before joining them into words
Conjugation
Conjugation of ljuda (weak)
active passive
infinitive ljuda ljudas
supine ljudat ljudats
imperative ljuda
imper. plural1 ljuden
present past present past
indicative ljudar ljudade ljudas ljudades
ind. plural1 ljuda ljudade ljudas ljudades
subjunctive2 ljude ljudade ljudes ljudades
present participle ljudande
past participle ljudad

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

Derived terms
  • ljudning

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