rabbemos
Swedish
Etymology
Compound of rabba (“turnip”) + mos (“mash”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²rabɛˌmuːs/
Noun
rabbemos c
- (Scania) a dish consisting of mashed turnips and potatoes
- 2018, Kerstin Weman Thornell, Moa Dahlin, “’Sedan jag flyttade hit har jag gått upp fem kilo’ [’Since I moved here I have gained five kilograms’]”, in Sydsvenskan[1]:
- När seniorerna själva får välja blir det ofta husmanskost, som kåldolmar, fisk och köttbullar. Men det allra godaste hade varit ”himmalagad rabbemos”[…]
- When the seniors get to choose, they often pick home cooked food, such as cabbage rolls, fish and meatballs. But the best thing would have been homecooked mashed turnips[…]
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | rabbemos | rabbemos |
| definite | rabbemoset | rabbemosets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Synonyms
- rotmos (standard Swedish)
References
- Rotabagge, rabba och stönja. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 1 November 2017.