spierwit

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch spierwit.

Adjective

spierwit (attributive spierwite, not comparable)

1. white as a sheet, snow-white

   Synonyms: haelwit, sneeuwit

Dutch

Etymology

From spier (“poultry, white meat”) +‎ wit (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːrˈʋɪt/

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• Hyphenation: spier‧wit

Adjective

spierwit (not comparable)

1. white as a sheet

   Synonyms: hagelwit, sneeuwwit

Declension

Declension of spierwit
uninflected	spierwit
inflected	spierwitte
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		spierwit
indefinite	m./f. sing.	spierwitte
	n. sing.	spierwit
	plural	spierwitte
definite		spierwitte
partitive		spierwits

Descendants

• Afrikaans: spierwit