syndafall

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish synda fal, equivalent to synd +‎ -a- +‎ fall.

Noun

syndafall n

  1. (Christianity) fall of man (the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience)
  2. (figuratively) the consequences of doing something strictly forbidden

Declension

Declension of syndafall
nominative genitive
singular indefinite syndafall syndafalls
definite syndafallet syndafallets
plural indefinite syndafall syndafalls
definite syndafallen syndafallens

References

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