fettisdag
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
fet (“fat”) + tisdag (“Tuesday”). Compare English Fat Tuesday, French mardi gras.
Noun edit
fettisdag c
- (usually in the definite "fettisdagen") Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Lent)
Usage notes edit
Sometimes jokingly analyzed and pronounced as fettis + dagen (roughly "the fatso day;" see fett (“fat”) and -is), due to semla traditionally being eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden.
Declension edit
| Declension of fettisdag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fettisdag | fettisdagen | fettisdagar | fettisdagarna |
| Genitive | fettisdags | fettisdagens | fettisdagars | fettisdagarnas |