väv
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish væver, from Old Norse vefr, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”). Doublet of webb.
Noun
[edit]väv c
- A weave, a fabric.
- A web, a spider's web
- (in some compounds) tissue (group of cells similar in origin)
- Synonym: vävnad
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | väv | vävs |
| definite | väven | vävens | |
| plural | indefinite | vävar | vävars |
| definite | vävarna | vävarnas |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]väv
- imperative of väva
Further reading
[edit]- väv in Svensk ordbok.
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish doublets
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish palindromes
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish non-lemma forms
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