bebis

See also: bēbis

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English babies, plural of baby. Several loanwords are based on English plurals: chips, keps, kex, koks, räls.[1]

Noun

bebis c

  1. a baby (very young human)
    Synonym: baby

Usage notes

Unidiomatic for animals. "Baby dogs are called puppies" would instead be put as for example "Hundens ungar kallas valpar" (The dog's young are called puppies).

Declension

Declension of bebis
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bebis bebis
definite bebisen bebisens
plural indefinite bebisar bebisars
definite bebisarna bebisarnas

See also

References

  1. ^ bebis in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Further reading

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