svepskäl

Swedish

Etymology

Superficially svepa (“sweep”) +‎ skäl (“reason”), formed by analogy with the older, archaic noun svepsak (with the same meaning). The first half of compound is cognate with Icelandic svipur (“appearance”). Attested since 1807.

Noun

svepskäl n

  1. a pretext (false reason put forth for something)

Declension

Declension of svepskäl
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svepskäl svepskäls
definite svepskälet svepskälets
plural indefinite svepskäl svepskäls
definite svepskälen svepskälens

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