"amma" meaning in Swedish

See amma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /²ama/
Etymology: From Low German amme; compare with German Amme (“wet nurse”). Verb derived from noun. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|nds|amme}} Low German amme, {{cog|de|Amme||wet nurse}} German Amme (“wet nurse”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} amma c, {{sv-noun|c}} amma c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], amma [indefinite, nominative, singular], ammas [genitive, indefinite, singular], amman [definite, nominative, singular], ammans [definite, genitive, singular], ammor [indefinite, nominative, plural], ammors [genitive, indefinite, plural], ammorna [definite, nominative, plural], ammornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a wet nurse Tags: common-gender Derived forms: amsaga
    Sense id: en-amma-sv-noun-ekix13WV Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Babies, Occupations Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Babies: 68 32 Disambiguation of Occupations: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0

Verb

IPA: /²ama/
Etymology: From Low German amme; compare with German Amme (“wet nurse”). Verb derived from noun. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|nds|amme}} Low German amme, {{cog|de|Amme||wet nurse}} German Amme (“wet nurse”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|ammar|preterite|ammade|supine|ammat|imperative|amma|head=}} amma (present ammar, preterite ammade, supine ammat, imperative amma), {{sv-verb-reg}} amma (present ammar, preterite ammade, supine ammat, imperative amma) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: ammar [present], ammade [preterite], ammat [supine], amma [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], amma [active, infinitive], ammas [infinitive, passive], ammat [active, supine], ammats [passive, supine], amma [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], ammen [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], ammar [active, indicative, present], ammade [active, indicative, past], ammas [indicative, passive, present], ammades [indicative, passive, past], amma [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], ammade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], ammas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], ammades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], amme [active, dated, present, subjunctive], ammade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], ammes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], ammades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], ammande [active, participle, past, present], ammad [active, participle, past]
  1. to breastfeed Related terms: amning, bröstmjölk, modersmjölk
    Sense id: en-amma-sv-verb-mzIHyPb5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "amma",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "ammar",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "ammade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "ammat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "amma (present ammar, preterite ammade, supine ammat, imperative amma)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "amma (present ammar, preterite ammade, supine ammat, imperative amma)",
      "name": "sv-verb-reg"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "amning"
    },
    {
      "word": "bröstmjölk"
    },
    {
      "word": "modersmjölk"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to breastfeed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breastfeed",
          "breastfeed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²ama/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amma"
}

Download raw JSONL data for amma meaning in Swedish (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
  "path": [
    "amma"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "amma",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
  "path": [
    "amma"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "amma",
  "trace": ""
}

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