tejst

Swedish

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic, from the sound of the bird. Inherited from Old Norse þeisti, from Proto-Germanic *þaistô.

Noun

tejst c

1. (Bohuslän) black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)

Declension

Declension of tejst
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tejst	tejsten	tejstar	tejstarna
Genitive	tejsts	tejstens	tejstars	tejstarnas

Synonyms

• tobisgrissla
• (Southern, rare) iste

Related terms

• tejstefisk

References

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