baktala
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bak- (“back-”) + tala (“talk”), ultimately from Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).
Verb
[edit]baktala (present baktalar, preterite baktalade, supine baktalat, imperative baktala)
- to malign, to slander
- Synonyms: förtala, smutskasta, ärekränka
Usage notes
[edit]Speak ill of more generally compared to förtala, which implies potentially libelous slander.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of baktala (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | baktala | baktalas | ||
| Supine | baktalat | baktalats | ||
| Imperative | baktala | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | baktalen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | baktalar | baktalade | baktalas | baktalades |
| Ind. plural1 | baktala | baktalade | baktalas | baktalades |
| Subjunctive2 | baktale | baktalade | baktales | baktalades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | baktalande | |||
| Past participle | baktalad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Further reading
[edit]- baktala in Svensk ordbok.