lungblöt
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of lunga (“lung”) + blöt (“wet”). First attested in 1880[1]
Adjective
[edit]lungblöt (comparative lungblötare, superlative lungblötast)
- (dated) Synonym of lungvåt (“drenched, soaked”)
- 1837 January 27, “Teater-Bulletin [Theatre Bulletin]”, in Freja, page 2:
- Då instörtar lärgossen, den unga flickans bror och det gamla fruntimrets sonson, lungblöt, utan en torr tråd på kroppen, drypande af vatten som en takränna.
- Suddenly, the apprentice, who is the young maiden's brother and the elderly lady's grandson, bursts in, drenched to the bone, not a dry thread on him, dripping with water like a gutter.
- 1986 January 1, Bonniers litterära magasin, page 43:
- […] hud kommer i onödig kontakt med de lungblöta och iskalla kläderna.
- […] skin comes into unnecessary contact with the wet and icy clothes.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lungblöt | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | lungblöt | lungblötare | lungblötast |
Neuter singular | lungblött | lungblötare | lungblötast |
Plural | lungblöta | lungblötare | lungblötast |
Masculine plural3 | lungblöte | lungblötare | lungblötast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lungblöte | lungblötare | lungblötaste |
All | lungblöta | lungblötare | lungblötaste |
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 |