valv
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- hvalf (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish hvalf, from Old Norse hvalf, from Proto-Germanic *hwalbą.
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Noun edit
valv n
- (architecture) a vault
- (architecture) an arch (forming a larger opening in a wall)
- Synonym: (sometimes) båge
- a vault (room or compartment for safekeeping of valuables)
Declension edit
| Declension of valv | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | valv | valvet | valv | valven |
| Genitive | valvs | valvets | valvs | valvens |
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References edit
- valv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- valv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- valv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- valv in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)