"vada" meaning in Swedish

See vada in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old Swedish vaþa, from Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|vaþa}} Old Swedish vaþa, {{inh|sv|non|vaða}} Old Norse vaða, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*wadaną}} Proto-Germanic *wadaną, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|vadar|preterite|vadade|supine|vadat|imperative|vada|head=}} vada (present vadar, preterite vadade, supine vadat, imperative vada), {{sv-verb-reg}} vada (present vadar, preterite vadade, supine vadat, imperative vada) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nop=1|nopp=1}} Forms: vadar [present], vadade [preterite], vadat [supine], vada [imperative], weak [table-tags], vada [active, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive], vadat [active, supine], - [passive, supine], vada [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], vaden [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], vadar [active, indicative, present], vadade [active, indicative, past], - [indicative, passive, present], - [indicative, passive, past], vada [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], vadade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], - [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], - [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], vade [active, dated, present, subjunctive], vadade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], vadande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past]
  1. to wade; to walk through (deep) water
    Sense id: en-vada-sv-verb-o7WFRzeF Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. (figuratively) to walk through anything which hampers one's progress Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-vada-sv-verb-vv13gMPo Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vadare, vadarfågel

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "vadar",
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    },
    {
      "form": "vadade",
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    {
      "form": "vadat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "vada",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
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      "form": "weak",
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      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "vada",
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "imperative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vadar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vadade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
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      "form": "-",
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        "indicative",
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      "form": "-",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vadade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vadande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
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        "10": "vada",
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        "4": "vadar",
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        "6": "vadade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "vadat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vadare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vadarfågel"
    }
  ],
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        "to wade; to walk through (deep) water"
      ],
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          "wade",
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        ]
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      "glosses": [
        "to walk through anything which hampers one's progress"
      ],
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        "(figuratively) to walk through anything which hampers one's progress"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vada"
}

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    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
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      "form": "vaden",
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        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vadade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "vadande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "participle",
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      ]
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    }
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        "to wade; to walk through (deep) water"
      ],
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    },
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        "to walk through anything which hampers one's progress"
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        "(figuratively) to walk through anything which hampers one's progress"
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}

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