vindstilla
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
vind (“wind”) + stilla (“still”)
Adjective edit
vindstilla
- windless, calm ((currently) without wind)
- Synonym: (uncommon) vindlös
- Det är vindstilla ute idag
- There is no wind outside today ("It is windstill outside today")
- en vindstilla fjärd
- a calm / (currently) windless bay
- 1932, Evert Taube (lyrics and music), “Calle Schewens vals [Calle Schewen's waltz]”:
- Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd.
- Then my blossoming island rests on your bosom, you dark blue, still archipelago/bay.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vindstilla | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vindstilla | — | — |
| Neuter singular | vindstilla | — | — |
| Plural | vindstilla | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | vindstilla | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vindstilla | — | — |
| All | vindstilla | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Noun edit
vindstilla c
Declension edit
| Declension of vindstilla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vindstilla | vindstillan | vindstillor | vindstillorna |
| Genitive | vindstillas | vindstillans | vindstillors | vindstillornas |