byxa

From Old Swedish byksa (pl. byksor, "pair of pants") and Middle Low German buxe, cognate with Icelandic buxur, Danish buks, Norwegian bukse, Kashubian bùksë, English boxers.

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byxa c

1. (chiefly in the plural) pants, trousers

   Synonym: (colloquial) bralla, braxa, böxa

   Hyponym: brok

   • 1968, Lasse Berghagen, Benny Andersson, “Sagan om lilla Sofi [The Story of Little Sofi]”‎^[1]performed by Hep Stars:

     Då hörs en sång. Då syns ett moln av damm. En liten soldat marscherar vägen fram. Han har byxor med revär, och han har ett stort gevär. Han marscherar så kavat, en liten, stor soldat.

     Then a song is heard. Then a cloud of dust is seen [or "appears" or the like – literally translated]. A little soldier marches down the road [the road forth]. He has trousers with stripes [stripe – singular here, but could also be plural], and he has a big rifle. He marches with such pluck [so pluckily], a little, great soldier.

The singular form mostly appears in advertisements.

• byxa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• byxa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• byxa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)