avlat
Swedish
Etymology
Old Swedish aflat, from Middle Low German aflat (“forgiveness”), from verb aflaten (“to forgive, to pardon”), equivalent to av- (“off”) + låta (“to allow, to let”). Cognate with Icelandic aflát, Danish aflad, German Ablass, Dutch aflaat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːvˌlɑːt/
Noun
avlat c
- (Roman Catholicism) indulgence (release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | avlat | avlats |
| definite | avlaten | avlatens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
- avlatsbrev
- avlatsförsäljare
- avlatsförsäljning
- avlatshandel
- avlatskrämare
- avlatskrämeri
- avlatsköp
- avlatsmedel
- avlatsår
Verb
avlat
- supine of avla
References
- avlat in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- avlat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)