tillaga

Icelandic

Noun

tillaga f (genitive singular tillögu, nominative plural tillögur)

proposal, suggestion

Declension

Declension of *tillaga* (feminine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tillaga	tillagan	tillögur	tillögurnar
accusative	tillögu	tillöguna	tillögur	tillögurnar
dative	tillögu	tillögunni	tillögum	tillögunum
genitive	tillögu	tillögunnar	tillagna, tillaga	tillagnanna, tillaganna

Swedish

Etymology

From till (“"up"”) +‎ laga (“cook”), "cook up" (though a poor match for tone). Swedish orthography turns triple consonants in compounds into double consonants, hence "tillaga" and not "tilllaga."

Verb

tillaga (present tillagar, preterite tillagade, supine tillagat, imperative tillaga)

to cook, to prepare (cook so as to make ready to eat)
Synonym: tillreda

Kyckling ska tillagas ordentligt
Chicken should [shall] be cooked [up] thoroughly [properly, often with connotations of "to a large and proper degree"]
The till (“up”) brings the tone towards prepared.

Kyckling ska lagas ordentligt
Chicken should [shall] be cooked properly
Possibly in a broader sense here, like should be well-cooked so as to be pleasant to eat.

Usage notes

Though unidiomatic in English, comparing "Chicken should be cooked (up) properly" with and without the up might provide intuition for what the till (“up”) is doing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tillaga* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	tillaga		tillagas
supine	tillagat		tillagats
imperative	tillaga		—
imper. plural¹	tillagen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	tillagar	tillagade	tillagas	tillagades
ind. plural¹	tillaga	tillagade	tillagas	tillagades
subjunctive²	tillage	tillagade	tillages	tillagades

present participle		tillagande
past participle		tillagad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

tillagning