In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | lirka |
| Present | lirkar |
| Past | lirkade |
| Imperative | lirka |
| Supine | lirkat |
Verbs conjugated like 'lirka'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lirka'
dirka,
larka,
lika,
linka,
lira,
liska,
pirka,
virka,
avlirka,
barka,
Translations
coax, persuade gradually
squeeze, to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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En räv hade fastnat i ett stängsel, men de lyckades lirka loss den efter en timme (A fox had gotten stuck in a fence, but they managed to free ("coax loose") it after an hour)
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Han lyckades lirka upp låset med gaffeln (He managed to coax the lock open with the fork)
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Vi fick lirka lite, men till slut gick han med på våra krav (We had to coax him a bit, but he finally agreed to our demands)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. sv. dial. lirka, lerka; jfr dan. o. nor.
lirke, nor. dial. lirka, lerka; avledn. med k-suffix av LED, sbst.
1; jfr nor. dial. likka, ävensom nyisl. liðka, avledn. av isl. liðr, led, o. sidobildn. till isl. liða, böja, liðask, kröka sig (om hår). Med avs. på utvecklingen från -dk- till -rk- jfr BURK References:
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2. Inherited from Old Swedish *liþka (compare Icelandic liðka), derived from Old Norse liðr (“member”). For the shift from -dk- to -rk- compare with burk. Doublet of led. See: Icelandic '
liðka'.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.