Contionary:swøt

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk suoet, from Old Skundavisk suoeti, from Halmisk ᛊᚹᛟᛏᛁ (swōti), ᛊᚹᛟᛏᛁᛉ (swōtiŕ), from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz. The original u-stem adjective shifted to an i-stem early in Halmisk, and only a few suōtuŕ forms are attested in very archaic Halmisk texts.

Pronunciation

Adjective

swøt (comparative swøter, superlative swøtest)

  1. sweet
    Hwat een swøt appel !
    What a sweet apple !
  2. cute
    Thette katts sind so swøt !
    Those cats are so cute !

Inflection

number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hi is swøt si is swøt hit is swøt si sind swøt
strong declension common swøt swøte swøt swøte
genitive swøtes swøter swøtes swøter
weak declension common swøte swøte swøte swøten
genitive swøten swøten swøten swøten

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