byling
Swedish
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly derived from bygel (“shackle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²byːlɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -²yːlɪŋ
Noun
byling c
- (colloquial, somewhat derogatory, dated) police
- 1916, Martin Koch, Guds vackra värld:
- Ute på gatan skreko pojkarna, att bylingen tagit Frasse Hjelm – då först begrep han, att det var två poliser, som förde honom bort.
- Out on the street, the boys shouted that the police had taken Frasse Hjelm – and in that moment he understood that two policemen were escorting him away.
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Usage notes
- Typically used collectively in its singular definite form bylingen.
Declension
| Declension of byling | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | byling | bylingen | bylingar | bylingarna |
| Genitive | bylings | bylingens | bylingars | bylingarnas |
Synonyms
- aina
- bäng
- Farbror Blå
- polis
- snut
References
- byling in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- byling in Svensk ordbok (SO)