svartis
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsvartis c
- black ice, a thin barely visible layer of ice on roads and pavements
- Var försiktig, det var svartis när jag gick imorse.
- Be careful, there was black ice when I left this morning!
- congelation ice that looks black due to transparency
Etymology 2
editClipping of svartsjuk (“jealous”) + -is.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsvartis (comparative mer svartis, superlative mest svartis)
- (colloquial) (romantically) jealous
Declension
edit- Invariable, only used predicatively.
- Usually of romantic jealousy (like being (overly) worried about infidelity). More rarely of other kinds of jealousy that involve less attention being given towards oneself.