"svepskäl" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

Etymology: Superficially svepa (“sweep”) + skäl (“reason”), formed by analogy with the older, archaic noun svepsak (with the same meaning). The first half of compound is cognate with Icelandic svipur (“appearance”). Attested since 1807. Etymology templates: {{com|sv|svepa|skäl|t1=sweep|t2=reason}} svepa (“sweep”) + skäl (“reason”), {{cog|is|svipur||appearance}} Icelandic svipur (“appearance”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} svepskäl n, {{sv-noun|n}} svepskäl n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], svepskäl [indefinite, nominative, singular], svepskälet [definite, nominative, singular], svepskäl [indefinite, nominative, plural], svepskälen [definite, nominative, plural], svepskäls [genitive, indefinite, singular], svepskälets [definite, genitive, singular], svepskäls [genitive, indefinite, plural], svepskälens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a pretext (false reason put forth for something) Tags: neuter Synonyms: förevändning, förespegling, pretext [archaic] Related terms: undanflykt
    Sense id: en-svepskäl-sv-noun-vLynNOfS Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "svepa",
        "3": "skäl",
        "t1": "sweep",
        "t2": "reason"
      },
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      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "svipur",
        "3": "",
        "4": "appearance"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic svipur (“appearance”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    },
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svepskälet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svepskäl",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "svepskälen",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "svepskäls",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svepskälets",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svepskäls",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "a pretext (false reason put forth for something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-svepskäl-sv-noun-vLynNOfS",
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        {
          "word": "undanflykt"
        }
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          "word": "förevändning"
        },
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          "word": "förespegling"
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      },
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      "name": "com"
    },
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        "2": "svipur",
        "3": "",
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      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svepskäl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
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    {
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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  "lang": "Swedish",
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "undanflykt"
    }
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        "a pretext (false reason put forth for something)"
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    {
      "word": "förevändning"
    },
    {
      "word": "förespegling"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
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    }
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