slakna

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

slakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slaknaði, supine slaknað)

  1. (intransitive) to slacken, to become slack

Conjugation

slakna — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að slakna
supine
(sagnbót) 		slaknað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		slaknandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég slakna við slöknum present
(nútíð) 		ég slakni við slöknum
þú slaknar þið slaknið þú slaknir þið slaknið
hann, hún, það slaknar þeir, þær, þau slakna hann, hún, það slakni þeir, þær, þau slakni
past
(þátíð) 		ég slaknaði við slöknuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég slaknaði við slöknuðum
þú slaknaðir þið slöknuðuð þú slaknaðir þið slöknuðuð
hann, hún, það slaknaði þeir, þær, þau slöknuðu hann, hún, það slaknaði þeir, þær, þau slöknuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		slakna (þú) slaknið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
slaknaðu slakniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Swedish

Etymology

slak (“slack”) +‎ -na (“-en”)

Verb

slakna (present slaknar, preterite slaknade, supine slaknat, imperative slakna)

  1. to slacken (become (more) slack)
  2. (figuratively) to lose strength or determination, to falter
    Han slaknade på upploppet
    He faltered on the home stretch
  3. (of a penis) to become flaccid, to go soft
  4. to have the penis become flaccid, to go soft

Conjugation

Conjugation of slakna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive slakna —
Supine slaknat —
Imperative slakna —
Imper. plural1 slaknen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative slaknar slaknade — —
Ind. plural1 slakna slaknade — —
Subjunctive2 slakne slaknade — —
Participles
Present participle slaknande
Past participle slaknad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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