tvärskuren

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of tvär (“across”) +‎ skuren (“cut”). First attested in 1753.[1]

Adjective

tvärskuren (not comparable)

  1. Something crosscut; something cut perpendicular.

Declension
Inflection of tvärskuren
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tvärskuren — —
Neuter singular tvärskuret — —
Plural tvärskurna — —
Masculine plural3 tvärskurna — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tvärskurne — —
All tvärskurna — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also
  • tvärskära (“cross-cutting”) (verb)

References
  1. tvärskuren in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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