lakrits
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin liquiritia, alteration of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza), from γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lakrits c (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lakrits | lakrits |
| definite | lakritsen | lakritsens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: lakritsi
Further reading
[edit]- lakrits in Svensk ordbok.
- lakrits in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Swedish terms derived from Late Latin
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/¹ɑːkrɪs
- Rhymes:Swedish/¹ɑːkrɪs/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Swedish/¹akrɪs
- Rhymes:Swedish/¹akrɪs/2 syllables
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish uncountable nouns
- sv:Spices and herbs
- sv:Sweets