gyttja
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gyttja (countable and uncountable, plural gyttjas)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Proto-Germanic *gutjōn, related to *geutaną (“to pour”).[1]
Noun[edit]
gyttja c
- watery mud, muck
- (geology) a fine-grained, nutrient-rich organic mud, or peat, deposited in lakes and ponds
Declension[edit]
Declension of gyttja | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gyttja | gyttjan | gyttjor | gyttjorna |
Genitive | gyttjas | gyttjans | gyttjors | gyttjornas |
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References[edit]
- ^ “gyttja”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.