hundörad
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Affix of hundöra (“dog-ear”) + -ad (“-ed”).
Adjective[edit]
hundörad (not comparable)
- dog-eared (of book or other publication: having its corner folded down)
- 1861 April 12, Charles Dickens, “Lysande Utsikter [Great Expectations]”, in Nya Dagligt Allehanda, page 2:
- Sedan de mottagit anfallet med alla tecken till gäckeri och förakt, stälde barnen sig i en rad och läto under ett oredigt mummel en hundörad och hundfilad bok gå ur hand i hand.
- After receiving the attack with all signs of mockery and contempt, the children lined up and, amidst a chaotic murmur, let a dog-eared and ragged book pass from hand to hand.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of hundörad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hundörad | — | — |
| Neuter singular | hundörat | — | — |
| Plural | hundörade | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | hundörade | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hundörade | — | — |
| All | hundörade | — | — |
| 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 | |||
See also[edit]
- hundfilad (“dog-eared; ragged”)