svävt

Svävt is the past participle of the Swedish verb sväva, meaning to hover, float, or waft through the air. As a participle it is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses, for example har svävt (has hovered) or hade svävt (had hovered). It describes something that has moved or remained suspended in the air, such as smoke, mist, or birds in flight. The form is distinct from the related verb väva, whose past participle is vävt and means woven.

In usage, svävt often appears in descriptions of motion through air or a lingering presence in the atmosphere. Common constructions include "röken har svävt över staden" (the smoke has hovered over the city) or "molnen hade svävt långa timmar" (the clouds had hovered for long hours). The present participle form svävande exists as well and is used to describe ongoing hovering, as in svävande rök or svävande ljud.

Etymologically, sväva originates from older Germanic roots, related to other Scandinavian languages such as Norwegian svæve and Danish svæve, all denoting the act of floating or wafting.

Svävt should not be confused with vävt, the past participle of väva (to weave), which means woven. Although both forms look similar, they belong to different roots and concepts. In standard Swedish, svävt is primarily a verbal participle rather than a standalone adjective, and its meaning is tied to motion through air or suspension rather than to weaving.