fatabur

Swedish

Alternative forms

• fatbur

Etymology

From Old Swedish fatabur, compound of fat (“clothes”) + bur (“storehouse, chamber”). Compare Danish fadebur and Icelandic fatabúr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɑːtaˌbʉːr/

Noun

fatabur c

1. (historical, archaic) a separate building or room for clothes or for storage

Declension

Declension of fatabur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fatabur	fataburs
	definite	fataburen	fataburens
plural	indefinite	fataburar	fataburars
	definite	fataburarna	fataburarnas

Derived terms

• ur egen fatabur

References

• fatabur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fatabur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fatabur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)