ljuga (present tense lyg, past tense laug, past participle loge, passive infinitive ljugast, present participle ljugande, imperative ljug)
From Old Swedish liūgha, from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell a lie”). Cognate with Danish lyve, Faroese ljúgva (whence lúgva), Icelandic ljúga, Norwegian Bokmål lyve and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuga.
ljuga (present ljuger, preterite ljög, supine ljugit, imperative ljug)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | ljuga | ljugas | ||
Supine | ljugit | ljugits | ||
Imperative | ljug | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | ljugen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | ljuger | ljög | ljugs, ljuges | ljögs |
Ind. plural1 | ljuga | ljögo | ljugas | ljögos |
Subjunctive2 | ljuge | ljöge | ljuges | ljöges |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | ljugande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |