spjäla
Swedish
Noun
spjäla c
- a slat (thin, narrow strip or bar, like in a crib or Venetian blind)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | spjäla | spjälas |
| definite | spjälan | spjälans | |
| plural | indefinite | spjälor | spjälors |
| definite | spjälorna | spjälornas |
Derived terms
- spjälsäng (“slatted crib”)
Verb
spjäla (present spjälar, preterite spjälade, supine spjälat, imperative spjäla)
- to splint (a broken leg or the like)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spjäla | spjälas | ||
| supine | spjälat | spjälats | ||
| imperative | spjäla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | spjälen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | spjälar | spjälade | spjälas | spjälades |
| ind. plural1 | spjäla | spjälade | spjälas | spjälades |
| subjunctive2 | spjäle | spjälade | spjäles | spjälades |
| present participle | spjälande | |||
| past participle | spjälad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.