spöstraff
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From spö (“whip used for corporal punishment”) + straff (“punishment”).
Noun edit
spöstraff n
Usage notes edit
Chiefly historical or of (judicial) corporal punishment in other countries.
Declension edit
| Declension of spöstraff | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | spöstraff | spöstraffet | spöstraff | spöstraffen |
| Genitive | spöstraffs | spöstraffets | spöstraffs | spöstraffens |
See also edit
- barnaga (“corporal punishment of children”)
- kroppsstraff (“corporal punishment”)
- prygla