vabba

Swedish

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Vård av sjukt barn

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Etymology

From the acronym vab (vård av barn, “care of child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vaba/
• Rhymes: -²aba

Verb

vabba (present vabbar, preterite vabbade, supine vabbat, imperative vabba)

1. to stay at home from work to care for a sick child (a legal form of sick leave in Sweden)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vabba (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vabba		—
supine	vabbat		—
imperative	vabba		—
imper. plural1	vabben		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vabbar	vabbade	—	—
ind. plural1	vabba	vabbade	—	—
subjunctive2	vabbe	vabbade	—	—
present participle		vabbande
past participle		—

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

References

• vabba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)