avlat

Swedish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːvˌlɑːt/

Noun

avlat c

1. (Roman Catholicism) indulgence (release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory)

Declension

Declension of avlat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	avlat	avlats
	definite	avlaten	avlatens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• avlatsbrev
• avlatsförsäljare
• avlatsförsäljning
• avlatshandel
• avlatskrämare
• avlatskrämeri
• avlatsköp
• avlatsmedel
• avlatsår

Verb

avlat

1. supine of avla

References

• avlat in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• avlat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• avtal, tavla