pingla
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɪŋɡla]
- Rhymes: -ɡla, -ɪŋɡla
- Hyphenation: pin‧g‧la
Noun
pingla
- genitive/accusative singular animate of pingl
Swedish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
pingla c
- small bell [since 1844]
- Synonym: bjällra
- (slang, somewhat dated) an attractive young woman [since the 1940s]
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | pingla | pinglas |
definite | pinglan | pinglans | |
plural | indefinite | pinglor | pinglors |
definite | pinglorna | pinglornas |
Verb
pingla (present pinglar, preterite pinglade, supine pinglat, imperative pingla)
- to jingle a small bell
Conjugation
active | passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | pingla | pinglas | ||
supine | pinglat | pinglats | ||
imperative | pingla | — | ||
imper. plural1 | pinglen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | pinglar | pinglade | pinglas | pinglades |
ind. plural1 | pingla | pinglade | pinglas | pinglades |
subjunctive2 | pingle | pinglade | pingles | pinglades |
present participle | pinglande | |||
past participle | — |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
References
- pingla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pingla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pingla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- pingla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)