beskära

Swedish

Etymology 1

From German bescheren or Middle Low German bescheren, from Old High German biskeran and Old Saxon biskeran respectively, equivalent to be- +‎ skära.[1] Cognate with Danish beskære, Norwegian Bokmål beskjære, Dutch bescheren, West Frisian beskeare, English beshear, Old Frisian biskera and Yiddish באַשערן‎ (bashern) (See past participle באַשערט‎ (bashert)).

Verb

beskära (present beskär, preterite beskärde, supine beskärt, imperative beskär)

  1. to give, to donate, to assign, to divide (unto each his part)
Conjugation
Conjugation of beskära (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive beskära beskäras
Supine beskärt beskärts
Imperative beskär —
Imper. plural1 beskären —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative beskär beskärde beskärs, beskäres beskärdes
Ind. plural1 beskära beskärde beskäras beskärdes
Subjunctive2 beskäre beskärde beskäres beskärdes
Participles
Present participle beskärande
Past participle beskärd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

Same as etymology 1, by semantic extension.

Verb

beskära (present beskär, preterite beskar, supine beskurit, imperative beskär)

  1. to crop (an image)
  2. to prune (a plant)
Conjugation
Conjugation of beskära (class 4 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive beskära beskäras
Supine beskurit beskurits
Imperative beskär —
Imper. plural1 beskären —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative beskär beskar beskärs, beskäres beskars
Ind. plural1 beskära beskuro beskäras beskuros
Subjunctive2 beskäre beskure beskäres beskures
Participles
Present participle beskärande
Past participle beskuren
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
  1. beskära in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Further reading
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