byling
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, possibly derived from bygel (“shackle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byling c
- (colloquial, somewhat derogatory, dated) police
- 1916, Martin Koch, Guds vackra värld[1], archived from the original on 16 October 2021:
- Ute på gatan skreko pojkarna, att bylingen tagit Frasse Hjelm – då först begrep han, att det var två poliser, som förde honom bort.
- Out on the street, the boys shouted that the police had taken Frasse Hjelm – and in that moment he understood that two policemen were escorting him away.
Usage notes edit
- Typically used collectively in its singular definite form bylingen.
Declension edit
| Declension of byling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | byling | bylingen | bylingar | bylingarna |
| Genitive | bylings | bylingens | bylingars | bylingarnas |