blixt
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Deverbal from blixta, which is itself from blixa. More under entry blixtra. Cognate of German Blitz and Dutch bliksem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blixt c
- (a bolt of) lightning, a lightning bolt (a single discharge of lightning)
- Synonym: ljungeld
- Det är en myt att blixten aldrig slår ner två gånger på samma ställe.
- It is a myth that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
- Två blixtar slog ned i samma träd.
- Two bolts of lightning struck the same tree.
- 1929, Hjalmar Söderberg, Resan till Rom [The Trip to Rome][1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
- Och jag, jag störtade ut i natten, i åska och störtregn. Blixtarna lyste min väg.
- And I—I rushed out into the night, into thunder and pouring rain. The lightning bolts lit my way.
- 1933, Selma Lagerlöf, Jerusalem II: I det heliga landet [In the Holy Land][2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
- Hon gick några steg ännu. Därpå störtade hon till marken liksom träffad av blixten.
- She took a few more steps. Then she collapsed to the ground, as if struck by lightning.
- 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Matteusevangeliet [Matthew] 28:3”, in Bibel 2000[3], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
- Hans utseende var som blixten och hans kläder vita som snö.
- His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
- a flash (burst of light)
- a flash (device which can produce a short burst of light, e.g. for photography)
Usage notes
[edit]- In compounds, it may also refer to something which happens very quickly.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | blixt | blixts |
| definite | blixten | blixtens | |
| plural | indefinite | blixtar | blixtars |
| definite | blixtarna | blixtarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]- blixtaggregat
- blixtanfall
- blixtbehandla
- blixtbelysa
- blixtbelysning
- blixtbesök
- blixtbild
- blixtfart
- blixtfotografering
- blixtfotografi
- blixtfull
- blixtfyr
- blixtförälskad
- blixthalka
- blixtinkalla
- blixtkrig
- blixtkub
- blixtkär
- blixtlampa
- blixtljus
- blixtlås
- blixtnedslag
- blixtra
- blixtrande
- blixtreportage
- blixtschack
- blixtsnabb
- blixtturnering
- blixtvisit
- engångsblixt
- klotblixt
- oljad blixt
- snilleblixt
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- blixt in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- blixt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)