attiralj
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French attirail. Attested since 1773.
Noun
editattiralj c
- (often in the plural) a piece of paraphernalia, a piece of equipment
- cykelattiraljer
- bicycle paraphernalia
- 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person][1]:
- ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Person satt en morgon vid frukostbordet och läste i morgonbladet att det senaste lustmordet bjöd på en mängd pikanta detaljer. Mördaren hade använt vissa attiraljer. Dessa nämndes i bladet, och det var ju bra det.
- Personal Person sat one morning at the breakfast table and read in the morning paper that the latest lust murder offered a range of piquant details. The killer had used certain paraphernalia. These were mentioned in the paper, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].
Declension
editDeclension of attiralj | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | attiralj | attiraljen | attiraljer | attiraljerna |
Genitive | attiraljs | attiraljens | attiraljers | attiraljernas |