björkris

Swedish

Etymology

björk (“birch”) +‎ ris (“severed twigs”)

Noun

björkris n

1. (countable, uncountable) severed birch twigs (usually in a bundle in the countable sense – often as decoration (see påskris), a bath broom (bastukvast), or, earlier, for corporal punishment)

Declension

Declension of björkris
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	björkris	björkriset	björkris	björkrisen
Genitive	björkris	björkrisets	björkris	björkrisens

See also

• aga
• bastukvast
• påskris
• ruska

References

• björkris in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)