"bulvan" meaning in Swedish

See bulvan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from the Baltic languages. Compare with Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”) and Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”). Etymology templates: {{cog|lv|bulvāns|t=decoy}} Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”), {{cog|ru|болван|t=dummy}} Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} bulvan c, {{sv-noun|c}} bulvan c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bulvan [indefinite, nominative, singular], bulvans [genitive, indefinite, singular], bulvanen [definite, nominative, singular], bulvanens [definite, genitive, singular], bulvaner [indefinite, nominative, plural], bulvaners [genitive, indefinite, plural], bulvanerna [definite, nominative, plural], bulvanernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (law) front, someone acting on behalf of someone else Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-bulvan-sv-noun-IPkAtlcG Categories (other): Law, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Topics: law
  2. decoy Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-bulvan-sv-noun-veuboir4

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bulvāns",
        "t": "decoy"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "болван",
        "t": "dummy"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from the Baltic languages. Compare with Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”) and Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvaner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvaners",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanerna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bulvan c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bulvan c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "sv:Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "front, someone acting on behalf of someone else"
      ],
      "id": "en-bulvan-sv-noun-IPkAtlcG",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) front, someone acting on behalf of someone else"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "decoy"
      ],
      "id": "en-bulvan-sv-noun-veuboir4",
      "links": [
        [
          "decoy",
          "decoy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulvan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bulvāns",
        "t": "decoy"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "болван",
        "t": "dummy"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from the Baltic languages. Compare with Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”) and Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvaner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvaners",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanerna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bulvanernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bulvan c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bulvan c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "sv:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "front, someone acting on behalf of someone else"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) front, someone acting on behalf of someone else"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "decoy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decoy",
          "decoy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulvan"
}

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