bålgeting
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Superficially bål (“bole”) + geting (“wasp”). The first compound is rather from archaic adjective *bol (“large; great”), from the same origin as bål (“stem; trunk”).
Noun edit
bålgeting c
Declension edit
| Declension of bålgeting | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bålgeting | bålgetingen | bålgetingar | bålgetingarna |
| Genitive | bålgetings | bålgetingens | bålgetingars | bålgetingarnas |
Related terms edit
- geting c
See also edit
- bi n
References edit
- bålgeting in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bålgeting in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bålgeting in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bålgeting in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)