himlafäste

Swedish

Etymology

From himmel +‎ -a- +‎ fäste.

Noun

himlafäste n

  1. (solemn) firmament (vault of the heavens)
    Synonym: himlavalv
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes [Catechism of the Catholic Church]‎[1], Catholica, archived from the original on 31 December 2025, §326:
      "Himlen" eller "himlarna" kan betyda himmel i fysisk bemärkelse, himlafästet, men också Guds egentliga "ort".
      "Heaven" or "the heavens" can mean sky in a physical sense, the firmament, but also God's actual "place".

Declension

Declension of himlafäste
nominative genitive
singular indefinite himlafäste himlafästes
definite himlafästet himlafästets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.