halväten

Swedish

Etymology

halv- +‎ äten

Adjective

halväten (not comparable)

  1. half-eaten
    han fick sikte på stekpannan med den sista halvätna köttbiten
    he caught sight of the frying pan with the last half-eaten piece of meat
    Pålsmässa betecknades av ett svärd, nu var halvfallen snö och halvätet hö, d. v. s. det var mitt i vintern.
    St. Paul's Mass (January 25th) was indicated by a sword (in the folklore almanac), now was half-fallen snow and half-eaten hay, i.e. it was mid winter.

Declension

Inflection of halväten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular halväten — —
neuter singular halvätet — —
plural halvätna — —
masculine plural2 halvätne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 halvätne — —
all halvätna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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