svartis

Swedish

Etymology 1
Black ice [1] on pavement
Black ice [2] on a lake

svart +‎ is

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²svartiːs/, [²svaʈiːs]

Noun

svartis c

  1. black ice, a thin barely visible layer of ice on roads and pavements
    Var försiktig, det var svartis när jag gick imorse.
    Be careful, there was black ice when I left this morning!
  2. congelation ice that looks black due to transparency

Etymology 2
A jealous person

Clipping of svartsjuk (“jealous”) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /¹svartɪs/, [¹svaʈɪs]

Adjective

svartis (comparative mer svartis, superlative mest svartis)

  1. (colloquial) (romantically) jealous
    Synonyms: svartsjuk, (colloquial) sotis
    Hon var svartis.
    She was jelous.
Declension
  • Invariable, only used predicatively.
  • Usually of romantic jealousy (like being (overly) worried about infidelity). More rarely of other kinds of jealousy that involve less attention being given towards oneself.
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