Noun: dvala
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | dvala |
| Sg. Def. | dvalan |
| Pl. Indef. | dvalor |
| Pl. Def. | dvalorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | dvalas |
| Sg. Def. | dvalans |
| Pl. Indef. | dvalors |
| Pl. Def. | dvalornas |
Sample Sentences
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en björn som vaknar ur vinterdvalan (a bear waking up from [the] winter hibernation)
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Monstren har legat i dvala i tusentals år, men nu vaknar de igen (The monsters have lain dormant [lain in dvala] for thousands of years, but now they are awakening once more)
Nouns inflected like dvala
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse dvala, dvalan, from Proto-Germanic *dwalaz (“stunned, confused”). Related to Old Norse dvelja (“to remain, stay, to delay”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
dvala', Old Norse Nouns '
dvelja'.
Verbs referencing "dvala"
Icelandic Nouns
dylgja.
Translations