salskrake
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Swedish
Etymology
The first part sal possibly from Icelandic or Norwegian, meaning bleak or dirty. The second part is skrake, a kind of bird.
Noun
salskrake c
- a smew (a bird, Mergus albellus)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | salskrake | salskrakes |
| definite | salskraken | salskrakens | |
| plural | indefinite | salskrakar | salskrakars |
| definite | salskrakarna | salskrakarnas |
References
- salskrake in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)