"mähä" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

Etymology: Likely onomatopoeic, imitating the sound of sheep. Compare Danish mæhæ, Norwegian mehe. First attested in 1582. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|sv|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{cog|da|mæhæ}} Danish mæhæ, {{cog|no|mehe}} Norwegian mehe, {{etydate/the|1582}} 1582, {{etydate|1582}} First attested in 1582. Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} mähä n, {{sv-noun|n}} mähä n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-n}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mähä [indefinite, nominative, singular], mähät [definite, nominative, singular], mähän [indefinite, nominative, plural], mähäna [definite, nominative, plural], mähäs [genitive, indefinite, singular], mähäts [definite, genitive, singular], mähäns [genitive, indefinite, plural], mähänas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (colloquial, depreciative) a pushover, fool Tags: colloquial, neuter
    Sense id: en-mähä-sv-noun-k-lPXNch Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish onomatopoeias

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mähä meaning in Swedish (2.3kB)

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