gyttja
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English
Etymology
From Swedish.
Pronunciation
Noun
gyttja (countable and uncountable, plural gyttjas)
Swedish
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Germanic *gutjōn, related to *geutaną (“to pour”).[1]
Noun
gyttja c
- watery mud, muck
- (geology) a fine-grained, nutrient-rich organic mud, or peat, deposited in lakes and ponds
Declension
| Declension of gyttja | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gyttja | gyttjan | gyttjor | gyttjorna |
| Genitive | gyttjas | gyttjans | gyttjors | gyttjornas |
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References
- ^ “gyttja”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.