sjölägenhet

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Swedish

Alternative forms

ſjö-lägenhet, ſjölägenhet (obsolete typography)

Etymology

Compound of sjö (“sea”) +‎ lägenhet (“occasion; opportunity”). First attested in 1758.^[1]

Noun

sjölägenhet c

(shipping, obsolete) An opportunity to travel or transport goods (to a specific destination) by sea. (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Synonyms: båtlägenhet, fartygslägenhet, skeppslägenhet
- 1784 July 20, “Diverſe Kungörelſer [Various Announcements]”, in Dagligt Allehanda‎, page 4:
  Med Skepparen Johan Enholm är ſjö-lägenhet til Sweaborg och Helſingfors; Fartyget ligger wid Slottsbacken och afgår ſiſt näſta Torsdag.
  Med Capitain Nils A:ſon Pyk gifwes ſjölägenhet til Götheborg; de som wilja medſända några waror få widare underrättelſe hos Skeps-Clarerarne Friſch och Naucler.
  With the skipper Johan Enholm is a sea-opportunity to Sweaborg and Helsinki; The ship is located by Slottsbacken and departs least next Thursday.
  With Capitain Nils A:son Pyk, gives a sea opportunity to Gothenburg; those who wish to send some goods with them will receive further information from Ship Clerks Frisch and Naucler.
- 1830, Napoleon Bonaparte, translated by Elias Wilhelm Ruda, edited by Karl Ludwig Häberlin, Napoleons noveller‎, page 186:
  En timma derefter befann sig Erwin på vägen till Italien, Grünau på vägen till Riga, för att begagna nästa sjölägenhet till Petersburg.
  An hour later, Erwin was on the road to Italy, Grünau on the road to Riga, to use the next sea opportunity to Petersburg.

Declension

Declension of sjölägenhet
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sjölägenhet	sjölägenheten	sjölägenheter	sjölägenheterna
Genitive	sjölägenhets	sjölägenhetens	sjölägenheters	sjölägenheternas

Coordinate terms

järvägslägenhet (“rail opportunity”)
postlägenhet (“post opportunity”)
tåglägenhet (“train opportunity”)

See also

sjöled (“sea route; sea lane”)
sjöväg (“sea route”)

References

^ sjölägenhet in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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