slåtter
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]slåtter m
Swedish
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish slat and Old Norse sláttr, based on the verb slå (hit, slay, mow).
Noun
[edit]slåtter c
- cutting grass for hay; mowing, cutting the hay
- slåtter och höbärgning
- cutting and collecting hay
- slåttermaskin
- mower, mowing machine (agricultural machine)
- slåtteräng
- hay meadow, hayfield (field with grass grown for hay)
- (literally, “mowing meadow”)
- (metonymic) hay harvest, haymaking (the entire process, including curing and gathering in the hay; the season for harvesting hay)
- Synonym: höskörd
- den årliga slåttern
- the annual hay harvest
- under slåttern
- during haymaking / the harvest
- efter slåttern
- after the harvest
- the grounds for harvesting hay
- Synonyms: (hay meadow, hayfield) slåtteräng, (haymaking land) slåttermark
- the grass cut for hay; hay, etc.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | slåtter | slåtters |
| definite | slåttern | slåtterns | |
| plural | indefinite | slåttrar | slåttrars |
| definite | slåttrarna | slåttrarnas |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- bärga
- gräs (“grass”)
- hö (“hay”)
- höbärgning (“hay harvest (gathering in the hay)”)
- höskörd (“hay harvest (entire process)”)
- lie (“scythe”)
- meja (“mow”)
- mejande
- slå
References
[edit]- “slåtter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “slåtter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “slåtter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)