rölleka

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish rölika, from Middle Low German roleke, rolik, diminutive of *role (roll; rolled shape) (referring to the shape of the leaves).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈrœlɛka/, /ˈrœlˌɛka/

Noun[edit]

rölleka c

  1. common yarrow
  2. any herb of the genus Achillea

Declension[edit]

Declension of rölleka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rölleka röllekan röllekor röllekorna
Genitive röllekas röllekans röllekors röllekornas

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ rölleka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)