fettisdag
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]fet (“fat”) + tisdag (“Tuesday”). Compare English Fat Tuesday, French mardi gras.
Noun
[edit]fettisdag c
- (usually in the definite "fettisdagen") Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Lent)
Usage notes
[edit]Sometimes jokingly analyzed and pronounced as fettis + dagen (roughly "the fatso day;" see fett (“fat”) and -is), due to semla traditionally being eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fettisdag | fettisdags |
| definite | fettisdagen | fettisdagens | |
| plural | indefinite | fettisdagar | fettisdagars |
| definite | fettisdagarna | fettisdagarnas |