blåman

Swedish

Etymology

From blå (“blue”) +‎ man (“man”), from Old Swedish blāman, from Old Norse blámaðr. Cognate with Icelandic blámaður and Norwegian Bokmål blåmann.

Noun

blåman c

1. (dated) a black person

Declension

Declension of blåman
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	blåman	blåmannen	blåmän	blåmännen
Genitive	blåmans	blåmannens	blåmäns	blåmännens

Synonyms

• neger

References

• blåman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)