stävja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stefja (“to prevent”), likely borrowed at a late stage rather than inherited. Arguably related to steðja (“to stop”) and thus from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. More likely related to stav (“staff; rod”), and thus from Proto-Germanic *stabaz.

Verb

stävja (present stävjar, preterite stävjade, supine stävjat, imperative stävja)

stifle, interrupt, check, suppress

Conjugation

Conjugation of stävja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	stävja		stävjas
Supine	stävjat		stävjats
Imperative	stävja		—
Imper. plural¹	stävjen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	stävjar	stävjade	stävjas	stävjades
Ind. plural¹	stävja	stävjade	stävjas	stävjades
Subjunctive²	stävje	stävjade	stävjes	stävjades
	Participles
Present participle	stävjande
Past participle	stävjad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

stävja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
stävja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
stävja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
stävja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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