gylf

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of Dutch gulp, Danish gylp. The final f is unexplained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʏlf/

Noun

gylf c

1. a fly (on pants)

   Han drog ner gylfen

   He unzipped his fly

   Du har glömt att stänga gylfen

   Your fly's open

Declension

Declension of gylf
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gylf	gylfen	gylfar	gylfarna
Genitive	gylfs	gylfens	gylfars	gylfarnas

References

• gylf in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gylf in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gylf in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gylf in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• julp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)