afse

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish aftonse, from aftons with an added -e of unclear meaning, but cf. i morse and dialectal forms i vintrase for i vintras and nunnase for nunnas (“just, quite recently”). The development was likely i aftonse > i aftese > i aftse > i afse. See afton and -s (“adverbial suffix”). Probably cognate with Danish and Norwegian aftes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²afsɛ/
• Rhymes: -²afsɛ

Noun

afse

1. (dated) adverbial genitive form of afton

Usage notes

• Only found in the expression i afse (“yesterday evening”).

References

• afton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)