avlat
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old Swedish aflat, from Middle Low German aflat (“forgiveness”), from verb aflaten (“to forgive, to pardon”), equivalent to av- (“off”) + låta (“to allow, to let”). Cognate with Icelandic aflát, Danish aflad, German Ablass, Dutch aflaat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]avlat c
- (Roman Catholicism) indulgence (release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | avlat | avlats |
| definite | avlaten | avlatens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]avlat
References
[edit]- “avlat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- avlat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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