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Swedish
Etymology
From an older slang sense ’to live’, from Tavringer Romani jida, jiddra (“to live”), cf. jidrepa (“life”), from Romani džiw- (“to live”). Related to Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati, “to live”).
Pronunciation
Verb
jiddra (present jiddrar, preterite jiddrade, supine jiddrat, imperative jiddra)
- (colloquial) to talk with more or less meaningless content
Äh, sluta jiddra!- Meh, stop spewing nonsense!
- (colloquial, by extension) to mess, to argue (engage in more-or-less meaningless arguing or cheeky banter or the like)
Jiddra inte med Olle!- Don't mess with Olle!
Det är ingen idé att jiddra med utkastarna- It's no point arguing with the bouncers
2016, Kristin Nord, “Kranvattnets konnässörer”, in Sydsvenskan:Jag slutade jiddra med den stackars servitrisen där på krogen och pröjsade till slut.- I stopped messing/arguing with the poor waitress there at the pub and finally paid.
Conjugation
Conjugation of jiddra (weak)
References
- jiddra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “jidder”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 84