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gäri

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Most likely from Turkish karı (“wife”), through an Anatolian dialect where /k/ > /ɡ/, compare guss, guzz (“girl”) from kız.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gäri c

  1. (slang) girl
    Synonyms: guss, guzz
    • 2019 March 17, Filip Yifter-Svensson, “’Det är mitt liv det handlar om’”, in Sydsvenskan‎[2], Malmö, Sweden:
      När saker känns tunga så tänker jag: Jag skulle bara vilja åka iväg med en gäri och ligga i solen på en strand.
      When things feel heavy I think: I’d just like to go somewhere with a girl and lie in the sun on a beach.

Declension

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Declension of gäri
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gäri gäris
definite gärin gärins
plural indefinite gäris, gärisar gäris, gärisars
definite gärisarna gärisarnas

References

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  1. ^ Nathan Young (2019 October 30) “Benim är vårt nya jag”, in Språktidningen‎[1] (in Swedish), retrieved 2021-10-19
  2. ^ Swedish Language Council, Twitter, 2014-12-30
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