åskblå

Swedish
FWOTD – 5 June 2020
åskblå skyar

Etymology

Compound of åska (“thunder”) +‎ blå (“blue”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ɔskˌbloː/

Adjective

åskblå

  1. dark grey-blue like the skies in a thunderstorm
    Även Övralid var pilgrimsmål för beundrare och gratulanter, dock med ett starkt inslag av militärer och politiker av åskblå partifärg.
    Övralid (home of writer Verner von Heidenstam) too became a pilgrimage destination for admirers, albeit with a large portion of military personnel and politicians of the darkest blue party colour.

Declension
Inflection of åskblå
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular åskblå åskblåare åskblåast
Neuter singular åskblått åskblåare åskblåast
Plural åskblå, åskblåa åskblåare åskblåast
Masculine plural3 åskblå, åskblåa åskblåare åskblåast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 åskblå, åskblåe åskblåare åskblåaste
All åskblå, åskblåa åskblåare åskblåare
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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