stoft
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German stȫven, from Old Saxon *stiovan, from Proto-West Germanic *staubijan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]stoft n
- dust, powder
- (euphemistic) remains (the body of a dead person)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | stoft | stofts |
| definite | stoftet | stoftets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- stoft in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- stoft in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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