rekyl

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French recul.

Noun

rekyl c

  1. (firearms) recoil, kick, kickback
  2. (figuratively) recoil, rebound (sudden movement in the direction opposite the previous one, often abstractly)

Declension

Declension of rekyl
nominative genitive
singular indefinite rekyl rekyls
definite rekylen rekylens
plural indefinite rekyler rekylers
definite rekylerna rekylernas

References