scharlakan
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse skarlak, which came via Middle Low German [Term?] from Medieval Latin scarlatum, probably from Arabic سِقِرْلَاط (siqirlāṭ), a variant of سِقِلّاط (siqillāṭ, “scarlet cloth”).
Noun
[edit]scharlakan n
- scarlet (color)
- Synonym: (more common) scharlakansrött
- a scarlet (cloth of scarlet color)
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | scharlakan | scharlakans |
definite | scharlakanet | scharlakanets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |