syndafall

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish synda fal, equivalent to synd +‎ -a- +‎ fall.

Noun

syndafall n

1. (Christianity) fall of man (the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience)
2. (figuratively) the consequences of doing something strictly forbidden

Declension

Declension of syndafall

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	syndafall	syndafalls
	definite	syndafallet	syndafallets
plural	indefinite	syndafall	syndafalls
	definite	syndafallen	syndafallens

References

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