tejst

Swedish

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic, from the sound of the bird. Inherited from Old Norse þeisti, from Proto-Germanic *þaistô.

Noun

tejst c

1. (Bohuslän) black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)

Declension

Declension of tejst

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tejst	tejsts
	definite	tejsten	tejstens
plural	indefinite	tejstar	tejstars
	definite	tejstarna	tejstarnas

Synonyms

• tobisgrissla
• (Southern, rare) iste

Related terms

• tejstefisk

References

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