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lida

suffer, pass/²liːda/

Meaning

suffer; pass

In Swedish: ha smärtor, plågas

Conjugation

Conjugation of lida (suffer)
Infinitive	att lida	to suffer
Present	lider	jag lider
Past	led	jag led
Supine	lidit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lidit	jag har lidit
Past perfect	hade lidit	jag hade lidit
Future	ska lida	or: kommer att lida
Conditional	skulle lida	jag skulle lida
Imperative	lid!	a command
Present participle	lidande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	liden	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lida
Infinitive	lidas
Present	lids
Past	leds
Supine	lidits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use lider. See the four verb groups explained.

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lida in a sentence

lidande människor
people in distress
lida av allergi
suffer from allergies
du ska inte behöva bli lidande på saken
it won't necessarily affect you
tiden lider
time passes
Det lider mot jul
Christmas is approaching
Dagen lider mot kväll
The day goes towards night
Jag lider honom icke!
I can't stand him!

Expressions

lida brist
suffer loss
vad det lider
sooner or later

Questions

What does lida mean in English?

lida means “suffer, pass”.

What is the past tense of lida?

The past tense of lida is led (“jag led”). The supine is lidit, used in “jag har lidit”.

What is the present tense of lida?

lider, the same for every person: jag lider, du lider, vi lider.

Similar words

ha ont

Origin

From Old Swedish līþa, from Old Norse líða, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną.

Nearby common words

lida is number 1,875 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,871panik panic
1,872plikt duty
1,873arbetet the work
1,874glädje joy, delight
1,876känslig sensitive
1,877raka shave
1,878möjlig possible
1,879plus plus

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