lungblöt

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of lunga (“lung”) +‎ blöt (“wet”). First attested in 1880

Adjective

lungblöt (comparative lungblötare, superlative lungblötast)

1. (dated) Synonym of lungvåt (“drenched, soaked”)
   • 1837 January 27, “Teater-Bulletin [Theatre Bulletin]”, in Freja, page 2:

     Då instörtar lärgossen, den unga flickans bror och det gamla fruntimrets sonson, lungblöt, utan en torr tråd på kroppen, drypande af vatten som en takränna.

     Suddenly, the apprentice, who is the young maiden's brother and the elderly lady's grandson, bursts in, drenched to the bone, not a dry thread on him, dripping with water like a gutter.

   • 1986 January 1, Bonniers litterära magasin, page 43:

     […] hud kommer i onödig kontakt med de lungblöta och iskalla kläderna.

     […] skin comes into unnecessary contact with the wet and icy clothes.

Declension

Inflection of lungblöt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	lungblöt	lungblötare	lungblötast
neuter singular	lungblött	lungblötare	lungblötast
plural	lungblöta	lungblötare	lungblötast
masculine plural2	lungblöte	lungblötare	lungblötast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	lungblöte	lungblötare	lungblötaste
all	lungblöta	lungblötare	lungblötaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.