fettisdag
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]fet (“fat”) + tisdag (“Tuesday”). Compare English Fat Tuesday, French mardi gras.
Noun
[edit]fettisdag c
- (usually in the definite "fettisdagen") Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Lent)
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes jokingly analyzed and pronounced as fettis + dagen (roughly "the fatso day;" see fett (“fat”) and -is), due to semla traditionally being eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden.
Declension
[edit]Declension of fettisdag | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fettisdag | fettisdagen | fettisdagar | fettisdagarna |
Genitive | fettisdags | fettisdagens | fettisdagars | fettisdagarnas |