flina

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse flina, from Proto-Germanic *flinōną, which could have meant "bare (the teeth)," from Proto-Indo-European *plēy-, *plī-, from *pel-, *pʰel, *spʰel- (“to cleave, to split off, to cast off”).[1]

Verb

flina (present flinar, preterite flinade, supine flinat, imperative flina)

  1. grin (to smile showing the teeth)

Conjugation
Conjugation of flina (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive flina flinas
Supine flinat flinats
Imperative flina —
Imper. plural1 flinen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative flinar flinade flinas flinades
Ind. plural1 flina flinade flinas flinades
Subjunctive2 fline flinade flines flinades
Participles
Present participle flinande
Past participle flinad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “flaina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 143

Anagrams
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