flarra

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Swedish

Etymology

Derived from flaska (“bottle”) by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare fisk > firre (“fish”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).

Pronunciation

Noun

flarra c

  1. (colloquial) a bottle
    Synonym: flaska
    • 2015, Thomas Berglund, “Här är årets bästa starkare julöl”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎:
      Corsendonk kommer i år i en praktfull ”sharing bottle” i stället för en liten flarra om 25 cl.
      This year Corsendonk comes in a magnificent ”sharing bottle” instead of a small bottle of 25 cl.

Declension

Declension of flarra
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flarra flarras
definite flarran flarrans
plural indefinite flarror flarrors
definite flarrorna flarrornas

References

  • Slangopedia
  • Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska‎ (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020
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