stjärt
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Etymology
From Old Swedish stiærter, stærter, from Old Norse stertr, from Proto-Germanic *stertaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
stjärt c
- (somewhat colloquial) a bottom, a behind, a butt
- 1994, Per Johan Widestrand (lyrics and music), “Älskade ängel [Darling [beloved] angel]”performed by Lill-Babs:
- Hur kan en enda människa få allt och ännu mer? Allt manligt, muskligt är på plats, det är fantastiskt, det man ser. Och musklerna i din fasta stjärt får mitt blod att strömma till. Ditt hår är vilt som ett pinat hav, jag kan inte sitta still. Det måste varit dig Gud tänkte på när han skapade sin man, för det finns inte någonting som du inte kan.
- How can a single person get everything and [even, yet] more? Everything manly, muscly[sic] [more ad hoc-sounding in Swedish] is in place, it is amazing, what you see. And the muscles in your firm butt get my blood flowing [get my blood to flow till (expressing suddenness, like a surge)]. Your hair is wild like a tormented sea, I can't sit still. It must have been you God thought of when he created his man, because there is nothing that you can't do [that you not can (is able to)].
- a tail of certain animals, primarily birds, fish, insects and reptiles (tail of a non-mammal or that does not look like a typical mammal's tail (dolphins have a stjärt), roughly)
- fågelns stjärt
- the bird's tail
- kräftstjärtar
- crayfish tails (as food)
- (by extension) a tail of some similar objects, for example an airplane
Usage notes
- Bit less cutesy-sounding compared to rumpa.
- For a non-mammal with a tail reminiscent of a typical mammal's tail (for example a crocodile or scorpion), svans (typical mammalian tail) and stjärt are often used interchangeably.
- Saying "fågelns svans" (the bird's tail) brings up the mental image of a bird having something like a cat's tail.
Declension
| Declension of stjärt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | stjärt | stjärten | stjärtar | stjärtarna |
| Genitive | stjärts | stjärtens | stjärtars | stjärtarnas |
Derived terms
See also
References
- stjärt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stjärt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Svensk MeSH
- Fula Ordboken
- stjärt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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