svada

See also: sváda, svadă, svađa, and свађа

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin suāda (“persuasive”), from Latin suādēre (“persuade”).

Noun

svada c (singular definite svadaen, plural indefinite svadaer)

1. (derogatory) spiel (lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade)

   Coordinate terms: skældud, rant

Declension

Declension of svada

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svada	svadaen	svadaer	svadaerne
genitive	svadas	svadaens	svadaers	svadaernes

References

• “svada” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin suāda (“persuasive”), from Latin suādēre (“persuade”). Attested since 1674. Cognate of German Suada.

Noun

svada c

1. volubility, verbiage
2. spiel (lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade)

Declension

Declension of svada

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svada	svadas
	definite	svadan	svadans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• svada in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svada in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svada in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)