avta

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Latin

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Adjective

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avta

  1. inflection of avtus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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avtā

  1. ablative feminine singular of avtus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From av +‎ ta.

Verb

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avta (imperative avta, present tense avtar, passive avtas, simple past avtok, past participle avtatt, present participle avtakende)

  1. to decrease, diminish
  2. to purchase

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Swedish

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Verb

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avta (present avtar, preterite avtog, supine avtagit, imperative avta)

  1. (intransitive) to reduce in intensity, to become less intense
  2. (intransitive, mathematics) to decrease
  3. (transitive, dated) to remove (clothes), to take off
    Synonym: ta av
    Olle avtager tröjan
    Olle is taking off his sweater

Usage notes

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  • The passive and the past participle are only applicable for the transitive meaning (remove clothes). This meaning is dated, and more often separated (Olle tar av tröljan).

Conjugation

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See also

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Anagrams

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