salskrake

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salskrake

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Etymology

The element sal is possibly from Icelandic or Norwegian, meaning "bleak" or "dirty". The second component is skrake (“merganser”).

Noun

salskrake c

1. a smew (a bird, Mergus albellus)

Declension

Declension of salskrake

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	salskrake	salskrakes
	definite	salskraken	salskrakens
plural	indefinite	salskrakar	salskrakars
	definite	salskrakarna	salskrakarnas

References

• salskrake in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)