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Breton
[edit]Noun
[edit]besk
- Soft mutation of pesk.
Cornish
[edit]Noun
[edit]besk
- Soft mutation of pesk.
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]besk (neuter beskt, plural and definite singular attributive beske, comparative beskere, superlative (predicative) beskest, superlative (attributive) beskeste)
- acrid (sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent)
- bitter (having an acrid taste)
- tart
References
[edit]- “besk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish bēsker, from Old Norse beiskr. A North Germanic word, derived from the same root as in bitter and bite.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]besk (comparative beskare, superlative beskast)
- bitter (in taste)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of besk | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | besk | beskare | beskast |
Neuter singular | beskt | beskare | beskast |
Plural | beska | beskare | beskast |
Masculine plural3 | beske | beskare | beskast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | beske | beskare | beskaste |
All | beska | beskare | beskaste |
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 |
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]besk c
- a type of spiced liquor flavoured with wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
Declension
[edit]Declension of besk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | besk | besken | beskar | beskarna |
Genitive | besks | beskens | beskars | beskarnas |
Alternative forms
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- Breton non-lemma forms
- Breton mutated nouns
- Breton soft-mutation forms
- Cornish non-lemma forms
- Cornish mutated nouns
- Cornish soft-mutation forms
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/ɛsk
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Alcoholic beverages
- sv:Taste