lungblöt

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of lunga (“lung”) +‎ blöt (“wet”). First attested in 1880

Adjective

lungblöt (comparative lungblötare, superlative lungblötast)

  1. (dated) synonym of lungvåt (“drenched, soaked”)
    • 1837 January 27, “Teater-Bulletin [Theatre Bulletin]”, in Freja, page 2:
      Då instörtar lärgossen, den unga flickans bror och det gamla fruntimrets sonson, lungblöt, utan en torr tråd på kroppen, drypande af vatten som en takränna.
      Suddenly, the apprentice, who is the young maiden's brother and the elderly lady's grandson, bursts in, drenched to the bone, not a dry thread on him, dripping with water like a gutter.
    • 1986 January 1, Bonniers litterära magasin, page 43:
      […] hud kommer i onödig kontakt med de lungblöta och iskalla kläderna.
      […] skin comes into unnecessary contact with the wet and icy clothes.

Declension

Inflection of lungblöt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular lungblöt lungblötare lungblötast
neuter singular lungblött lungblötare lungblötast
plural lungblöta lungblötare lungblötast
masculine plural2 lungblöte lungblötare lungblötast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 lungblöte lungblötare lungblötaste
all lungblöta lungblötare lungblötaste

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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