smörja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish smyria, smøria‚ from Old Norse smyrja, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą (see smör).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [²smœ̞rːja]
  • Audio(file)
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [²smɵrːja]

Noun

smörja c

  1. crap, bullshit; something of very low quality or truthfulness
  2. (colloquial) goo; any kind of partially liquid substance

Declension
Declension of smörja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative smörja smörjan smörjor smörjorna
Genitive smörjas smörjans smörjors smörjornas

Verb

smörja (present smörjer, preterite smorde or smörjde, supine smort or smörjt, imperative smörj)

  1. to grease, to oil; to apply fat or oil to a surface
  2. to apply salve, ointment or similar; to smear
  3. (euphemistic) to grease, to bribe; to perform any action as to make someone more receptive to one's wishes

Conjugation
Conjugation of smörja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive smörja smörjas
Supine smort smorts
Imperative smörj —
Imper. plural1 smörjen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative smörjer smorde smörjs, smörjes smordes
Ind. plural1 smörja smorde smörjas smordes
Subjunctive2 smörje smorde smörjes smordes
Participles
Present participle smörjande
Past participle smord
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Conjugation of smörja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive smörja smörjas
Supine smörjt smörjts
Imperative smörj —
Imper. plural1 smörjen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative smörjer smörjde smörjs, smörjes smörjdes
Ind. plural1 smörja smörjde smörjas smörjdes
Subjunctive2 smörje smörjde smörjes smörjdes
Participles
Present participle smörjande
Past participle smörjd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013), “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, issue 3

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