kikärt

Swedish

Noun

kikärt c

1. (usually in the plural) chickpea (plant and seed)

   Falafel och hummus görs på kikärtor

   Falafel and hummus are made from chickpeas

Usage notes

For referring to one or several seeds, kikärta and kikärtor appears to be the most common on Google (matching the now-common declension pattern for ärta). For referring to the plant, kikärt is used.

Declension

Declension of kikärt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kikärt, kikärta	kikärts, kikärtas
	definite	kikärten, kikärtan	kikärtens, kikärtans
plural	indefinite	kikärter, kikärtor	kikärters, kikärtors
	definite	kikärterna, kikärtorna	kikärternas, kikärtornas

See also

• falafel
• hummus

References

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