avliva

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === avlivet === Verb === avliva inflection of avlive: simple past 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) kill, put to death, put down De fick avliva sin hund ― They had to put down their dog (figurative) put an end to ==== Usage notes ==== Usually when describing animals, but occasionally to describe humans. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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)