fjäril
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Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish fiædhal, from Old Norse fiðrildi from the older term fífrildi, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *pāpel-, *pe(i)pel- (“butterfly”). The term fiðrildi came through the folk etymology that it was related to the Old Norse word fiðri (“feathers”) (compare the more modern Old Norse fiðr), from which the Icelandic fiður (“feathers, down”) came.
Cognate with Old High German fīvaltra (> Middle High German viveltre > dialectal German Feifalter); Old English fīfalde or fifalde; Icelandic fiðrildi; Norwegian Nynorsk fivreld or fibrelde and Latin pāpiliō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fjäril c
- a butterfly
- (in technical language) a lepidopteran (also including moths)
- (swimming) butterfly (the butterfly stroke)
- Synonym: fjärilsim
- simma fjäril
- swim butterfly
Declension
[edit]| Declension of fjäril | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fjäril | fjärilen | fjärilar | fjärilarna |
| Genitive | fjärils | fjärilens | fjärilars | fjärilarnas |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- larv c
- mal c (“moth”)
- nattfjäril
References
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Swimming
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Insects