stadga

Swedish

Noun

stadga c

steadfastness, steadiness, stability, strength
a bylaw (almost entirely in plural)

Declension

Declension of stadga
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stadga	stadgan	stadgar	stadgarna
Genitive	stadgas	stadgans	stadgars	stadgarnas

Verb

stadga

to make firm, to support
to constitute, to regulate, to legislate, to write bylaws
(reflexive) settle down

Usage notes

Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.

Conjugation

Conjugation of stadga (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	stadga	stadgas
Present tense	stadgar	stadgas
Past tense	stadgade	stadgades
Supine	stadgat	stadgats
Imperative	stadga	—
Present participle	stadgande
Past participle	stadgad

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