pingla

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪŋɡla]
• Rhymes: -ɡla, -ɪŋɡla
• Hyphenation: pin‧g‧la

Noun

pingla

1. genitive/accusative singular animate of pingl

Swedish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

pingla c

1. small bell [since 1844]

   Synonym: bjällra

2. (slang, somewhat dated) an attractive young woman [since the 1940s]

Declension

Declension of pingla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pingla	pinglas
	definite	pinglan	pinglans
plural	indefinite	pinglor	pinglors
	definite	pinglorna	pinglornas

Verb

pingla (present pinglar, preterite pinglade, supine pinglat, imperative pingla)

1. to jingle a small bell

Conjugation

Conjugation of pingla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	pingla		pinglas
supine	pinglat		pinglats
imperative	pingla		—
imper. plural1	pinglen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	pinglar	pinglade	pinglas	pinglades
ind. plural1	pingla	pinglade	pinglas	pinglades
subjunctive2	pingle	pinglade	pingles	pinglades
present participle		pinglande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• pingel

References

• pingla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pingla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pingla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• pingla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• glipan