yxa

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse øx (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʏkːsa/

Noun

yxa c

1. axe

Declension

Declension of yxa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	yxa	yxan	yxor	yxorna
Genitive	yxas	yxans	yxors	yxornas

Verb

yxa (present yxar, preterite yxade, supine yxat, imperative yxa)

1. (yxa till, yxa ihop, yxa fram) to axe, to cut, chip or sculpture with an axe, to hack, to shape roughly, to make a prototype
   • Heimskringla, part 3

     Thorberg gick fram och yxade till kanten, så att alla märkena efter yxhuggen försvunno.

     Then Thorberg went and chipped the planks until the deep notches were all smoothed and made even with the rest.

   och så yxade jag till en stuga här vid vägen.

   And so I built a log cabin here by the road.

   kommittén hade yxat till ett förslag

   the committee had hacked a rough proposal

   jag yxade till min personliga profil lite grann

   I shaped up my personal profile a bit

2. (yxa ner, yxa upp, yxa sönder, yxa bort) to slash with an axe, to reduce or remove, to attack, to criticise

   Hon har yxat ner antalet biståndsländer från 70 till 33

   She has slashed the number of countries receiving our foreign aid from 70 to 33

   yxa upp en vak

   cut a hole in the ice with an axe

Conjugation

Conjugation of yxa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	yxa		yxas
Supine	yxat		yxats
Imperative	yxa		—
Imper. plural1	yxen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	yxar	yxade	yxas	yxades
Ind. plural1	yxa	yxade	yxas	yxades
Subjunctive2	yxe	yxade	yxes	yxades
	Participles
Present participle	yxande
Past participle	yxad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• bila
• grovhuggen
• sabla

Further reading

• yxa in Svensk ordbok.