gyttja
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Swedish.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]gyttja (countable and uncountable, plural gyttjas)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Germanic *gutjōn, related to *geutaną (“to pour”).[1]
Noun
[edit]gyttja c
- watery mud, muck
- (geology) a fine-grained, nutrient-rich organic mud, or peat, deposited in lakes and ponds
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | gyttja | gyttjas |
| definite | gyttjan | gyttjans | |
| plural | indefinite | gyttjor | gyttjors |
| definite | gyttjorna | gyttjornas |
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “gyttja”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.