inälva

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • inävler, inävlor (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Swedish inälve. Cognate with Old Danish indelfve, Icelandic innyfli n pl, Old English innielfe, Old High German innuovili. But the etymology is unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnˌɛlva/

Noun

inälva c

  1. (chiefly in the plural) viscera, entrails, innards
    Synonym: innanmäte n
    1. (especially) guts, intestines

Usage notes

Likely most commonly understood as the intestines, though also more general.

Declension

Declension of inälva
nominative genitive
singular indefinite inälva inälvas
definite inälvan inälvans
plural indefinite inälvor inälvors
definite inälvorna inälvornas

Derived terms

  • inälvsmat (“offal (as food)”)
  • inälvsparacit (“intestinal parasite”)

See also

References

  1. ^ inälva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Further reading

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