ådra

See also: adra and adrā

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish aþra, adher, from Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō. Cognate with Old English ǣðre, Danish åre, Norwegian åre, German Ader and Dutch ader.

Alternative forms

Noun

ådra c

  1. (anatomy) vein, blood vessel
  2. (biology) vein in a leaf
  3. (geology) vein, strain of mineral in the ground and in stone
  4. passage of water through the ground, spring (5)
  5. part of names of smaller parts of rivers, for example in river deltas
Declension
Declension of ådra 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ådra ådran ådror ådrorna
Genitive ådras ådrans ådrors ådrornas
Synonyms
  • (anatomy): blodåder
  • (geology): malmåder
  • (spring): källåder, källsprång
  • (blood vessel, vein in a leaf, strain of mineral, spring): åder (more correct in formal language)
  • åderlåtning (bloodletting)
  • blodåder
  • blodådra
  • pulsåder
  • åderbinda
  • åderbråck
  • åderförkalkning
  • åderhinna
  • åderklämmare
  • åderlåta
  • ådersnäppare
  • ådrad
  • ådrig
  • ådring

Etymology 2

å- + dra

Alternative forms

Verb

ådra

  1. (reflexive) to contract (a disease, illness or injury)
  2. (reflexive) to incur; to expose oneself to (something harmful)
Conjugation

References

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