tillflykt
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
till (“to”) + flykt (“escape”)
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
tillflykt c
- a refuge (place or circumstance or the like providing protection from danger or trouble)
- En grotta i skogen blev deras tillflykt undan draken
- A cave in the forest became their refuge from the dragon
- Sometimes religious.
- Herren var hans tillflykt
- The Lord was his refuge
- (figuratively) a refuge, an escape (something used to (temporarily) lessen pain or the like)
- Thinnertrasan blev deras tillflykt under de kalla nätterna
- The paint thinner-soaked rag became their refuge during the cold nights
- (in some expressions) taking refuge (from danger or trouble or the like)
- ta sin tillflykt till ett skyddsrum (idiomatic phrasing)
- take refuge in a shelter ("take one's refuge/to-escape to a protection room")
- (in some expressions, figuratively) taking refuge ((temporarily) lessening pain with something or the like)
- ta sin tillflykt till flaskan
- take refuge in the bottle
Declension edit
| Declension of tillflykt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tillflykt | tillflykten | tillflykter | tillflykterna |
| Genitive | tillflykts | tillflyktens | tillflykters | tillflykternas |