scharlakan

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skarlak, which came via Middle Low German [Term?] from Medieval Latin scarlatum, probably from Arabic سِقِرْلَاط (siqirlāṭ), a variant of سِقِلّاط (siqillāṭ, “scarlet cloth”).

Noun

scharlakan n

  1. scarlet (color)
    Synonym: (more common) scharlakansrött
  2. a scarlet (cloth of scarlet color)

Declension

Declension of scharlakan
nominative genitive
singular indefinite scharlakan scharlakans
definite scharlakanet scharlakanets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

References

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