jämmerdal

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of Latin lacrimārum vallis, from Hebrew עמק הבכא‎ (ʿēmeq habbāḵāʾ). By surface analysis, jämmer +‎ dal. Cognate of German Jammertal.

Noun

jämmerdal c

  1. vale of tears

Declension
Declension of jämmerdal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative jämmerdal jämmerdalen jämmerdalar jämmerdalarna
Genitive jämmerdals jämmerdalens jämmerdalars jämmerdalarnas

References
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