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 | sabla |
| Present | sablar |
| Past | sablade |
| Imperative | sabla |
| Supine | sablat |
This verb is either archaic or dialectal. The verb conjugation chart
shows how the verb is conjugated following the conjugation rules of
today's Swedish; the verb forms shown below may never have existed as such.
Verbs conjugated like 'sabla'
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 'sabla'
fabla,
kabla,
sabba,
sadla,
sagla,
sala,
samla,
snabla,
abila,
adla,
Translations
pan, to criticise severely
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Kavalleristerna sablade de flyende bönderna. (The cavalry soldiers sabred the fleeing peasants.)
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Den nya pjäsen blev nedsablad av en enad kritikerkår. (The new play was unanimously panned by the critics.)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. jfr d.
sable, t.
säbeln, eng. sabre, fr.
sabrer; till SABEL, sbst.
1 — Jfr SABRERA References:
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2. Adjective attested since 1889. A combination of the expletives satan (“Satan”) and djävla (“devil”) and associated with sabel (“sabre”). The literal meaning of the verb is attested since 1610 and the figurative meaning since 1957.
Cognates
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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.