motlut

Swedish

Etymology

mot (“against”) +‎ lut (“slope”)

Noun

motlut n

1. (countable, uncountable) upward slope (against the direction of travel or facing or the like)

   Antonym: medlut

   en etapp av loppet med mycket motlut

   a leg of the race with many uphill sections

   (literally, “a leg of the race with a lot of against-slope”)

2. (figuratively) current difficulty in reaching one's goals or the like

Declension

Declension of motlut
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	motlut	motlutet	motlut	motluten
Genitive	motluts	motlutets	motluts	motlutens

See also

• uppförsbacke

References

• motlut in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• motlut in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• motlut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)