skölja

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skylia, from Proto-Germanic *skuljan (alternative form for *skulōn), closely related to Swedish skula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɧœlːˌja/, [ˈɧœ̝l̪ːˌja]
Hyphenation: sköl‧ja

Verb

skölja (present sköljer, preterite sköljde, supine sköljt, imperative skölj)

to rinse; to wash with only water

Conjugation

Conjugation of skölja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	skölja		sköljas
Supine	sköljt		sköljts
Imperative	skölj		—
Imper. plural¹	sköljen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sköljer	sköljde	sköljs, sköljes	sköljdes
Ind. plural¹	skölja	sköljde	sköljas	sköljdes
Subjunctive²	skölje	sköljde	sköljes	sköljdes
	Participles
Present participle	sköljande
Past participle	sköljd
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

skölja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
skölja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)