motlut

Swedish

Etymology

mot (“against”) +‎ lut (“slope”)

Noun

motlut n

  1. (countable, uncountable) upward slope (against the direction of travel or facing or the like)
    Antonym: medlut
    en etapp av loppet med mycket motlut
    a leg of the race with many uphill sections
    (literally, “a leg of the race with a lot of against-slope”)
  2. (figuratively) current difficulty in reaching one's goals or the like

Declension

Declension of motlut
nominative genitive
singular indefinite motlut motluts
definite motlutet motlutets
plural indefinite motlut motluts
definite motluten motlutens

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