Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swaip
Participle: swaiped
Gerund: swaiping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | swaip |
| you | swaip |
| he;she;it | swaips |
| we | swaip |
| you | swaip |
| they | swaip |
Perfect
| I | have swaiped |
| you | have swaiped |
| he;she;it | has swaiped |
| we | have swaiped |
| you | have swaiped |
| they | have swaiped |
Past
| I | swaiped |
| you | swaiped |
| he;she;it | swaiped |
| we | swaiped |
| you | swaiped |
| they | swaiped |
Pluperfect
| I | had swaiped |
| you | had swaiped |
| he;she;it | had swaiped |
| we | had swaiped |
| you | had swaiped |
| they | had swaiped |
Future
| I | will swaip |
| you | will swaip |
| he;she;it | will swaip |
| we | will swaip |
| you | will swaip |
| they | will swaip |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swaiped |
| you | will have swaiped |
| he;she;it | will have swaiped |
| we | will have swaiped |
| you | will have swaiped |
| they | will have swaiped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swaip |
| you | swaip |
| he;she;it | swaip |
| we | swaip |
| you | swaip |
| they | swaip |
Perfect
| I | have swaiped |
| you | have swaiped |
| he;she;it | have swaiped |
| we | have swaiped |
| you | have swaiped |
| they | have swaiped |
Imperfect
| I | swaiped |
| you | swaiped |
| he;she;it | swaiped |
| we | swaiped |
| you | swaiped |
| they | swaiped |
Pluperfect
| I | had swaiped |
| you | had swaiped |
| he;she;it | had swaiped |
| we | had swaiped |
| you | had swaiped |
| they | had swaiped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swaip |
| you | would swaip |
| he;she;it | would swaip |
| we | would swaip |
| you | would swaip |
| they | would swaip |
Perfect
| I | would have swaiped |
| you | would have swaiped |
| he;she;it | would have swaiped |
| we | would have swaiped |
| you | would have swaiped |
| they | would have swaiped |
Imperative
| you | swaip |
| we | Let's swaip |
| you | swaip |
Verbs conjugated like 'swaip'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'swaip'
swamp,
swap,
await,
sail,
sain,
sap,
scalp,
scamp,
scarp,
shail,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English swaipen (“to strike, scourge”), from Old Norse sveipa (“to sweep, stroke”) and/or Old English swāpan (“to sweep”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep, swing, hurl, fling”). Doublet of swoop. See: Proto-Germanic '
*swaipaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Och, for his swaiping! That was a lucky job for him, —the ill-favored, foul-mouthed blackguard, heretic and villain thief! [1842, Anthony Ganilh, Ambrosio de Letinez, page 143:]
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But Ayas swaiped aside among the crowd, Aflush with hate and burning discontent: And many murmured at him: for, said they, “Hamil at least doth surely mean us well!“ [1883, Welbore St. Clair Baddeley, Bedoueen Legends: And Other Poems, page 40:]
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It is in good manners to swaip / But only when just celebrating / Without malice and arrogance / To show accomplishment once [2013, Percarus:]