harkla
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish harkla, a borrowing from Old High German harchelen, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to scrape" and perhaps ultimately of imitative origin, related to words such as Dutch hark (“rake”), Danish harke (“to cough up phlegm”), Ancient Greek κράζω (krázō, “to squeak, scream”), Sanskrit खर्जति (kharjati, “it creaks”).[1]
Verb
harkla (present harklar, preterite harklade, supine harklat, imperative harkla)
- (reflexive) to clear one's throat
Conjugation
Conjugation of harkla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | harkla | — | ||
| Supine | harklat | — | ||
| Imperative | harkla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | harklen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | harklar | harklade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | harkla | harklade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | harkle | harklade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | harklande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- “harkla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
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