gylf

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of Dutch gulp, Danish gylp. The final f is unexplained.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jʏlf/

Noun

gylf c

a fly (on pants)
Han drog ner gylfen
He unzipped his fly

Du har glömt att stänga gylfen
Your fly's open

Declension

Declension of gylf
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gylf	gylfen	gylfar	gylfarna
Genitive	gylfs	gylfens	gylfars	gylfarnas

References

gylf in Svensk ordbok (SO)
gylf in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
gylf in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
gylf in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
julp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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