stygn

Swedish

Noun

stygn n

1. a stitch (single pass of a needle through cloth or skin, and the resulting loop of the thread)

   Jag fick sy fyra stygn efter olyckan

   I got four stitches after the accident

Declension

Declension of stygn

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stygn	stygns
	definite	stygnet	stygnets
plural	indefinite	stygn	stygns
	definite	stygnen	stygnens

Derived terms

• korsstygn (“cross stitch”)

See also

• håll (“stinging pain under the lower edge of the rib cage brought on by exercise”)

References

• stygn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stygn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stygn in Svensk ordbok (SO)