svalg

Old Norse

Verb

svalg

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of svelga

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish svalgh. Possibly cognate of German Schwalch (“opening of a furnace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svalj/

Noun

svalg n

1. (anatomy) pharynx
2. a chasm or abyss of the Earth

   Synonym: gap

Declension

Declension of svalg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svalg	svalgs
	definite	svalget	svalgets
plural	indefinite	svalg	svalgs
	definite	svalgen	svalgens

Related terms

• svälja

References

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