rubba
Swedish
Etymology
Related to Icelandic rubba (“to scrape”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old Norse riūfa, rjúfa (“to break open, clear away”). Likely cognate of English rub.
Pronunciation
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Verb
rubba (present rubbar, preterite rubbade, supine rubbat, imperative rubba)
- (sometimes with på) to move (something) slightly (often out of its ordinary or intended position); to nudge, to dislodge
- Han kunde inte rubba (på) stenen
- He couldn't move the rock
- (transitive, figurative) to disturb, to upset, to change
- att rubba balansen ― to upset the balance
- Han gick inte att rubba ― His mind could not be changed ("He could not be nudged")
- Det där är ju rubbat ― That's crazy
- Han är rubbad ― He's deranged
Conjugation
Conjugation of rubba (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | rubba | rubbas | ||
| Supine | rubbat | rubbats | ||
| Imperative | rubba | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | rubben | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | rubbar | rubbade | rubbas | rubbades |
| Ind. plural1 | rubba | rubbade | rubbas | rubbades |
| Subjunctive2 | rubbe | rubbade | rubbes | rubbades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | rubbande | |||
| Past participle | rubbad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
See also
References
- rubba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rubba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rubba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rubba in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2520, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2520
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