svelta

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Italian svelto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvelta]
  • Rhymes: -elta
  • Hyphenation: svel‧ta

Adjective

svelta (accusative singular sveltan, plural sveltaj, accusative plural sveltajn)

  1. slender, slim, lean

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɛl̥ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl̥ta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svelta (strong verb), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

svelta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative svalt, third-person plural past indicative sultu, supine soltið)

  1. (intransitive) to starve
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • sveltur sitjandi kráka en fljúgandi fær

Etymology 2

From Old Norse svelta (weak verb), from Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną.

Verb

svelta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svelti, supine svelt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to starve (someone, or figuratively something)
Conjugation

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzvɛl.ta/, /ˈzvel.ta/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlta, -elta
  • Hyphenation: svèl‧ta, svél‧ta

Adjective

svelta f sg

  1. feminine singular of svelto

Participle

svelta f sg

  1. feminine singular of svelto

References

  1. svelto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

svelta (present tense svelt, past tense svalt, supine svolte, past participle svolten, present participle sveltande, imperative svelt)

  1. Alternative spelling of svelte

Noun

svelta f (definite singular svelta)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of svelte
  2. definite singular of svelte

Verb

svelta (present tense svelter, past tense svelte, past participle svelt, passive infinitive sveltast, present participle sveltande, imperative svelt)

  1. Alternative spelling of svelte

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

svelta (singular past indicative svalt, plural past indicative sultu, past participle soltinn)

  1. (intransitive) to starve, to have hunger
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: svelta
  • Faroese: svølta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svelta

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną.

Verb

svelta (singular past indicative svelti, plural past indicative sveltu, past participle sveltr)

  1. (transitive) to starve
Conjugation
Descendants

References

  • svelta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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