sörja

See also: Sorja and sorja

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [²sœ̞rːja]
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  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [²sɵrːja]

Etymology 1

Cognate of Icelandic syrja.

Noun

sörja c

  1. mud, sludge
Declension
Declension of sörja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sörja sörjan sörjor sörjorna
Genitive sörjas sörjans sörjors sörjornas
  • snösörja

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish syrghia, from Old Norse syrgja, from Proto-Germanic *surgijaną.

Verb

sörja (present sörjer, preterite sörjde, supine sörjt, imperative sörj)

  1. to mourn (express sadness for, grieve, sorrow over)
  2. (sörja för) to take care of, to ensure
Conjugation
Conjugation of sörja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sörja sörjas
Supine sörjt sörjts
Imperative sörj —
Imper. plural1 sörjen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative sörjer sörjde sörjs, sörjes sörjdes
Ind. plural1 sörja sörjde sörjas sörjdes
Subjunctive2 sörje sörjde sörjes sörjdes
Participles
Present participle sörjande
Past participle sörjd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3

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