sveitti

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitô, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-.

Noun

sveitti m (genitive singular sveitta, uncountable)

  1. sweat, perspiration

Declension

m1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative sveitti sveittin
accusative sveitta sveittan
dative sveitta sveittanum
genitive sveitta sveittans

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

sveitti c

  1. (dialectal, Ostrobothnia) alternative form of svett (“sweat”)
    • 2025, “Bara bada bastu”, Anderz Wrethow, Kristofer Strandberg, Robert Skowronski, Kevin Holmström, Axel Åhman & Jakob Norrgård (lyrics)‎[1]performed by KAJ:
      Bara bada bastu bastu / heittää på så sveittin bara yr.
      Let's just sauna / throw on so that sweat just whirls.
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