tupplur

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of tupp (“rooster”) +‎ lur (“nap”). From the habit of roosters to take short naps.^[1] First attested in 1843.^[2]

Noun

tupplur c

a nap (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
- 1882, Carl Eneroth, Humoresker till lands och sjös‎^[1], page 10:
  Gastarne på Gefion hade öfverraskat några makliga sköldpaddor, som tagit sig en stadigare tupplur hitanför Gibraltar, och de der tystlåtna gökarne skänktes bort af kaptenen hit och dit, så att slutligen blott en fans öfrig.
  The crew of the Gefion had surprised a few lazy turtles, who had taken a more substantial nap hither of Gibraltar, and those silent fellows were given away by the captain here and there, so that at last only one remained.
- 1955, Tage Aurell, Viktor, page 126:
  Allihopa var vi hungriga så vi åt med god aptit. Därefter tog kyrkoherden sin tupplur och när det var färdigdiskat i köket och även småflickorna lagda hördes uppifrån kammarsoffan hans fridsamma snarkning.
  We were all hungry, so we ate with good appetite. Afterward, the pastor took his nap, and when the dishes were done in the kitchen and the little girls were also put to bed, his peaceful snoring could be heard from the upstairs sofa.
- 2024 May 12, “Tupplur på gott och ont [Napping for better or worse]”, in Sveriges Radio, I hjärnan på Louise Epstein:
  Världsledare som Winston Churchill och John F Kennedy brukade sova middag och menade att tupplurarna var förklaringen till deras höga arbetskapacitet.
  World leaders like Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy used to take afternoon naps and believed that these naps were the reason for their high work capacity.

Declension

Declension of tupplur
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tupplur	tuppluren	tupplurar	tupplurarna
Genitive	tupplurs	tupplurens	tupplurars	tupplurarnas

Synonyms

hönssömn (literally “hen sleep”)

References

[1] ISOF: Vad är bakgrunden till ordet tupplur?

[2] tupplur in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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