avliva

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• avlivet

Verb

avliva

1. inflection of avlive:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish afliva (also spelled as aflifva, earliest attested in 16th century). Equivalent to av- +‎ liv +‎ -a. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål avlive, Danish aflive, Icelandic aflífa, Dutch aflijven.

Verb

avliva (present avlivar, preterite avlivade, supine avlivat, imperative avliva)

1. kill, put to death, put down

   De fick avliva sin hund ― They had to put down their dog

2. (figurative) put an end to

   att avliva en myt

   to put an end to a myth

Usage notes

Usually when describing animals, but occasionally to describe humans.

Conjugation

Conjugation of avliva (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	avliva		avlivas
supine	avlivat		avlivats
imperative	avliva		—
imper. plural1	avliven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	avlivar	avlivade	avlivas	avlivades
ind. plural1	avliva	avlivade	avlivas	avlivades
subjunctive2	avlive	avlivade	avlives	avlivades
present participle		avlivande
past participle		avlivad

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

Derived terms

• avlivning

References

• “avliva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “avliva”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “avliva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)