spaka

Old Norse

Adjective

spaka

  1. inflection of spakr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

Swedish

Etymology 1

spak (“lever”) +‎ -a

Verb

spaka (present spakar, preterite spakade, supine spakat, imperative spaka)

  1. (colloquial) to steer, to control (an airplane, or something else that involves levers (or more rarely other things by figurative extension))
    Planet spakas av Nisse
    Nisse is behind the controls in the plane
Conjugation
Conjugation of spaka (weak)
active passive
infinitive spaka spakas
supine spakat spakats
imperative spaka —
imper. plural1 spaken —
present past present past
indicative spakar spakade spakas spakades
ind. plural1 spaka spakade spakas spakades
subjunctive2 spake spakade spakes spakades
present participle spakande
past participle spakad

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

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

spaka

  1. inflection of spak:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

References

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