plira

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Low German pliren. The German verb likely a mixup of two stems: piren (cognate with English peer) and blarren, blerren (cognate with English blear).

Verb

plira (present plirar, preterite plirade, supine plirat, imperative plira)

1. peer (look with squinting eyes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of plira (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	plira		pliras
supine	plirat		plirats
imperative	plira		—
imper. plural1	pliren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	plirar	plirade	pliras	plirades
ind. plural1	plira	plirade	pliras	plirades
subjunctive2	plire	plirade	plires	plirades
present participle		plirande
past participle		—

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

Synonyms

• kisa (“squint”)

Derived terms

• plirögd

References

• “plira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “plira”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “plira”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• plira in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)