motlut
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mot (“against”) + lut (“slope”)
Noun
[edit]motlut n
- (countable, uncountable) upward slope (against the direction of travel or facing or the like)
- Antonym: medlut
- en etapp av loppet med mycket motlut
- a leg of the race with many uphill sections
- (literally, “a leg of the race with a lot of against-slope”)
- (figuratively) current difficulty in reaching one's goals or the like
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | motlut | motluts |
| definite | motlutet | motlutets | |
| plural | indefinite | motlut | motluts |
| definite | motluten | motlutens |