tjära

See also: tjara and tjæra

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tiæra, from Old Norse tjara, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *terwą. Cognate with Danish tjære, Norwegian tjære, Icelandic tjara, Faroese tjøra, Dutch teer, German Teer and English tar. Also cognate with Finnish terva, Estonian tõrv and Northern Sami darvi. Doublet of töre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɛːˌra/
  • Homophone: kära

Noun

tjära c

  1. tar (fluid derived from resin in pine wood)
    rullas i tjära och fjädrar
    be tarred and feathered
    (literally, “be rolled in tar and feathers”)

Declension

Declension of tjära
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tjära tjäras
definite tjäran tjärans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
  • tjärdal
  • tjärstryka
  • tjärtunna

See also

Verb

tjära (present tjärar, preterite tjärade, supine tjärat, imperative tjära)

  1. to tar, to paint with tar

Conjugation

Conjugation of tjära (weak)
active passive
infinitive tjära tjäras
supine tjärat tjärats
imperative tjära —
imper. plural1 tjären —
present past present past
indicative tjärar tjärade tjäras tjärades
ind. plural1 tjära tjärade tjäras tjärades
subjunctive2 tjäre tjärade tjäres tjärades
present participle tjärande
past participle tjärad

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

Synonyms

References

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