sval
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech sval. By surface analysis, deverbal from svalit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sval m inan (related adjective svalový)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse svalr (“cool”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sval
Inflection edit
Inflection of sval | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | sval | svalere | svalest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | svalt | svalere | svalest2 |
Plural | svale | svalere | svalest2 |
Definite attributive1 | svale | svalere | svaleste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
sval (neuter singular svalt, definite singular and plural svale, comparative svalere, indefinite superlative svalest, definite superlative svaleste)
- cool (temperature)
Related terms edit
- svale (verb)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
sval
- imperative of svale
References edit
- “sval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
sval (neuter svalt, definite singular and plural svale, comparative svalare, indefinite superlative svalast, definite superlative svalaste)
- cool (temperature)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “sval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sval m inan (genitive singular svalu, nominative plural svaly, genitive plural svalov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Declension of sval
References edit
- “sval”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Adjective edit
sval (comparative svalare, superlative svalast)
- cool, slightly chilly
- 2012 November 30, Ruth Peterson, “Svindlande upplevelser till fots i Kalabrien”, in Dagen:
- Högt uppe njuter vi av en sval bris och svindlande utsikt över havet.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figuratively) low (of interest or the like)
- Intresset för att göra något åt situationen har varit svalt
- Interest in doing something about the situation has been low ("cool")
- (figuratively) chilly (distant and without warmth)
- 2016 August 14, “Veronica Maggio på Stockholms stadion”, in Dagens Nyheter:
- Den kan vara precis som Veronica Maggios tioårsjubilerande musik: sval, drömsk, nostalgisk.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Inflection of sval | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | sval | svalare | svalast |
Neuter singular | svalt | svalare | svalast |
Plural | svala | svalare | svalast |
Masculine plural3 | svale | svalare | svalast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | svale | svalare | svalaste |
All | svala | svalare | svalaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms edit
Noun edit
sval c
- a section of a refrigerator which is slightly less chilly than the rest, usually used for storing vegetables
- 2014 January 14, Jenny Thorell, “Detoxa din kyl”, in Aftonbladet Wellness:
- Grönsaker som tidigare ruttnat bort i svalen ska enligt Kathy läggas synligt, gärna prydligt skurna i glas- eller plastlådor.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of sval | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sval | svalen | svalar | svalarna |
Genitive | svals | svalens | svalars | svalarnas |
References edit
- sval in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sval in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sval in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Volapük edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sval (nominative plural svals)
- swallow (bird)