burdus
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German pardues, perduuz, pardus, perdus, likely onomatopoeic. Cognate of Danish bardus, Dutch pardoes, perdoes, German bardaus, pardauz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɵrˈdʉːs/, [bɵrˈdʉːs], [bɵ(r)ˈɖʉːs]
Declension
| Inflection of burdus | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | burdus | burdusare | burdusast |
| Neuter singular | burdust | burdusare | burdusast |
| Plural | burdusa | burdusare | burdusast |
| Masculine plural3 | burduse | burdusare | burdusast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | burduse | burdusare | burdusaste |
| All | burdusa | burdusare | burdusaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Further reading
- burdus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- burdus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- burdus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- burdus in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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