Grävt

Grävt is the past participle form of the Swedish verb gräva, which means to dig. The simple past tense of gräva is grävde, while grävt serves as the supine or past participle. In modern Swedish, grävt is mainly used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect and pluperfect tenses, such as har grävt (has dug) and hade grävt (had dug). The participle does not change for gender or number.

In usage, grävt appears in sentences that describe completed digging actions. Examples include: Hon har grävt ett hål i trädgården. Vi hade grävt i flera timmar innan de gav upp. Forskningen har grävt fram nya uppgifter om fallet. These forms show how grävt combines with har or hade to indicate temporality and aspect.

Gräva also appears in idiomatic expressions where the verb means more than literal digging. Phrases like gräva i arkiven (to delve into the archives), gräva fram (to uncover or dig up), and gräva ner (to bury) use gräva in metaphorical senses, with grävt often appearing in perfect constructions as the participle in related sentences, for example har grävt fram nya uppgifter.

Summary: grävt is the past participle of gräva, used with har/hade to form present perfect and past perfect tenses, and it also features in various idiomatic expressions that extend the meaning beyond literal digging.