byling
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, possibly derived from bygel (“shackle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byling c
- (colloquial, somewhat derogatory, dated) police
- 1916, Martin Koch, Guds vackra värld[1], archived from the original on 16 October 2021:
- 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.
Usage notes
[edit]- Typically used collectively in its singular definite form bylingen.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | byling | bylings |
| definite | bylingen | bylingens | |
| plural | indefinite | bylingar | bylingars |
| definite | bylingarna | bylingarnas |