lappri
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lapp.
Noun
[edit]lappri n
- (somewhat dated) trifle, trumpery, nonsense (something of little importance or worth)
- (somewhat dated, collectively) trifles, trumperies, nonsense
- 1987, “Trasdockorna [signaturmelodi] [The Raggy Dolls [theme song]]”, Jan Nygren (lyrics), Neil Innes (music)[1]:
- Är din näsa sned eller armen ur led och din tå är gul och blå? Lappri, säger trasdockan, du är lika bra ändå.
- Is your nose crooked or your arm out of joint [dislocated] and your toe is yellow and blue ["gul och blå" also appears idiomatically in some expressions, like "bli slagen någon gul och blå" (be beaten senseless)]? Trifles [a somewhat obscure word, and likely to have confused many native speakers], says the rag doll, you're just as good anyway.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lappri | lappris |
| definite | lapprit | lapprits | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |