svan

See also: Svan, Śvan, and Śvàṅ

Icelandic

Noun

svan

indefinite accusative singular of svanur

Swedish

svan

Etymology

From Old Norse svanr, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Noun

svan c

(male or female) swan

Declension

Declension of svan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svan	svanen	svanar	svanarna
Genitive	svans	svanens	svanars	svanarnas

Hypernyms

andfågel
egentlig andfågel
fågel
fågelfamilj
svanfågel

Hyponyms

(male): hansvan
(female): honsvan
(Cygnus olor): knölsvan
(male or female offspring): svanunge
(Cygnus cygnus): sångsvan

Derived terms

svanesång

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English swan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /svan/

Noun

svan (plural svans)

swan

Declension

declension of svan

	singular	plural
nominative	svan	svans
genitive	svana	svanas
dative	svane	svanes
accusative	svani	svanis
predicative	svanu	svanus
vocative	o svan!	o svans!

Hyponyms

hisvan (“male swan”)
hisvanül (“male cygnet, swanling”)
jisvan (“female swan”)
jisvanül (“female cygnet, swanling”)
svanil (“small swan”)
svanül (“cygnet, swanling”)

See also

böd (“bird”)
dök (“duck”)
gan (“goose”)
nim (“animal”)
pijun (“dove or pigeon”)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.