späd

See also: spad, spaed, SPAD, and spád

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spædher, from Proto-Germanic *spaþja- or Proto-Germanic *spaðja-. Probably originally in the meaning of "thin" or "extended in length". Cognate with Danish spæd.

Adjective

späd (comparative spädare, superlative spädast)

  1. small, thin, tender, delicate
  2. young

Declension
Inflection of späd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular späd spädare spädast
Neuter singular spätt spädare spädast
Plural späda spädare spädast
Masculine plural3 späde spädare spädast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 späde spädare spädaste
All späda spädare spädaste
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

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

Verb

späd

  1. imperative of späda

References
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