gylf

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of Dutch gulp, Danish gylp. The final f is unexplained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʏlf/

Noun

gylf c

1. a fly (on pants)

   Han drog ner gylfen

   He unzipped his fly

   Du har glömt att stänga gylfen

   Your fly's open

Declension

Declension of gylf

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gylf	gylfs
	definite	gylfen	gylfens
plural	indefinite	gylfar	gylfars
	definite	gylfarna	gylfarnas

References

• gylf in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gylf in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gylf in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gylf in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• julp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)