väta

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See also: vata, vāta, vată, våta, and væta

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vǣta, from Old Norse væta, from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną.

Verb

väta (present väter, preterite vätte, supine vätt, imperative vät)

  1. to wet
Conjugation
Conjugation of väta (weak)
active passive
infinitive väta vätas
supine vätt vätts
imperative vät —
imper. plural1 väten —
present past present past
indicative väter vätte väts, vätes vättes
ind. plural1 väta vätte vätas vättes
subjunctive2 väte vätte vätes vättes
present participle vätande
past participle vätt

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Noun

väta c

  1. wetness

References

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *väntädäk.

Verb

väta

  1. to play (be playful)
  2. to play (participate in a game)
  3. to play (an instrument)

Inflection

Inflection of väta (inflection type 11/käta)
1st infinitive väta
present indic. vändab
past indic. vändi
present
indicative 		past
indicative 		imperative
1st singular vändan vändin —
2nd singular vändad vändid vända
3rd singular vändab vändi väkaha
1st plural vändam vändim väkam
2nd plural vändat vändit väkat
3rd plural vätas
vändaba 		vändiba väkaha
sing. conneg.1 vända vändand vända
plur. conneg. väkoi vänugoi väkoi
present
conditional 		past
conditional 		potential
1st singular vändaižin vänuižin vändanen
2nd singular vändaižid vänuižid vändaned
3rd singular vändaiži vänuiži vändaneb
1st plural vändaižim vänuižim vändanem
2nd plural vändaižit vänuižit vändanet
3rd plural vändaižiba vänuižiba vändaneba
connegative vändaiži vänuiži vändane
non-finite forms
1st infinitive väta
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive vätes inessive vändamas
instructive väten illative vändamaha
participles elative vändamaspäi
present active vändai adessive vändamal
past active vänu abessive vändamat
past passive vätud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “играть”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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