elritsa
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Elritze. From a word cognate with German Erle (“alder”). The reason for the name is that the fish likes to stay between the roots of the alders.
Noun
[edit]elritsa c
- common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus
- Synonym: kvidd
Declension
[edit]| Declension of elritsa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | elritsa | elritsan | elritsor | elritsorna |
| Genitive | elritsas | elritsans | elritsors | elritsornas |
References
[edit]- elritsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- elritsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- elritsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- elritsa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)