fackla

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Swedish

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin facula, through Proto-West Germanic *fakkulā with sound shift of unclear origin (not found in other Scandinavian languages, like e.g. Norwegian Nynorsk fakkel).

Noun

fackla c

  1. a torch (stick with a flame on one end used as a light source)
    Vi leddes genom källarvalven av en munk med en fackla
    We were led through the cellar vaults by a monk with a torch

Declension

Declension of fackla
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fackla facklas
definite facklan facklans
plural indefinite facklor facklors
definite facklorna facklornas

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