appellativ
Swedish
Etymology
From German Appellativ, Appellativum, from Latin appellātīvum, nominative neuter singular of appellātīvus, from appellō (“to address as”) + -īvus.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²apɛlaˌtiv/
Noun
appellativ n
- (linguistics, lexicography) a common noun;[2] (as opposed to proper nouns)
Declension
| Declension of appellativ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | appellativ | appellativet | appellativ | appellativen |
| Genitive | appellativs | appellativets | appellativs | appellativens |
| Declension of appellativ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | appellativ | appellativet | appellativer | appellativerna |
| Genitive | appellativs | appellativets | appellativers | appellativernas |
Antonyms
- egennamn
- proprium
References
- appellativ in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) →ISBN
- appellativ in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)