halväten
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]halväten (not comparable)
- half-eaten
- han fick sikte på stekpannan med den sista halvätna köttbiten
- he caught sight of the frying pan with the last half-eaten piece of meat
- Pålsmässa betecknades av ett svärd, nu var halvfallen snö och halvätet hö, d. v. s. det var mitt i vintern.
- St. Paul's Mass (January 25th) was indicated by a sword (in the folklore almanac), now was half-fallen snow and half-eaten hay, i.e. it was mid winter.
- han fick sikte på stekpannan med den sista halvätna köttbiten
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of halväten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | halväten | — | — |
| Neuter singular | halvätet | — | — |
| Plural | halvätna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | halvätne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | halvätne | — | — |
| All | halvätna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||