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samla

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Norwegian Bokmål

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samla

  1. inflection of samle:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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samla (present tense samlar, past tense samla, past participle samla, passive infinitive samlast, present participle samlande, imperative samla/saml)

  1. Alternative form of samle

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish sambla, from Old Norse samna, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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samla (present samlar, preterite samlade, supine samlat, imperative samla)

  1. to collect, to gather, to organize
    • 1917, the Bible, Första Mosebok [Genesis]‎[1], 1:9:
      Och Gud sade: "Samle sig det vatten som är under himmelen till en särskild plats, så att det torra bliver synligt." Och det skedde så.
      And God said, "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
  2. (reflexive) to pull oneself together

Conjugation

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Conjugation of samla (weak)
active passive
infinitive samla samlas
supine samlat samlats
imperative samla
imper. plural1 samlen
present past present past
indicative samlar samlade samlas samlades
ind. plural1 samla samlade samlas samlades
subjunctive2 samle samlade samles samlades
present participle samlande
past participle samlad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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