svelta

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Derived from Italian svelto.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. slender, slim, lean

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to starve
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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svelta f sg

  1. feminine singular of svelto

Participle

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svelta f sg

  1. feminine singular of svelto

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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

  1. Alternative spelling of svelte

Noun

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svelta f (definite singular svelta)

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to starve
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References

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