UrsprungFrom Proto-Germanic *flinōną (“to bare (one's teeth), smile”), from a Proto-Indo-European *pley- (“bare, bald, flat”). Cognate with Elfdalian flinå (“smile”); outside of Germanic, compare Lithuanian pli̇̀kas (“bald”), Latvian pliks (“bare, bald”). The root may be further connected to Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to cleave, to split off, to cast off”) (that smiling is a "splitting" of one's mouth), see Proto-Germanic *splītaną (“to split”) for more on the root.
- to grin (smile in a cheeky, mocking, silly, stupid, or similar way, or "in a less beautiful way," as Svensk ordbok puts it)
- to smile (when sounding better)
“Vad flinar du åt?!” — What are you smiling at?!
- uncommonto laugh (in a similar manner)
Formerflinar(present) · flinade(preterite) · flinat(supine) · flina(imperative) · flina(active, infinitive) · flinas(infinitive, passive) · flinat(active, supine) · flinats(passive, supine) · flina(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · flinen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · flinar(active, indicative, present) · flinade(active, indicative, past) · flinas(indicative, passive, present) · flinades(indicative, passive, past) · flina(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · flinade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · flinas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · flinades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)
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