fjun

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse *fjon (attested in the placename Fioni, Fyn, ca 1050), of Unknown origin. Possibly Inherited from Proto-Germanic *fīƀuna- or *fīṷuna-. Attested in Swedish since 1538. Cognate with Norwegian fjon and fjun, and Danish føn (“soft hair, down, fluff”), fyn (“cottongrass”).

Related to Old Norse fífa (“cottongrass”), Old Norse fífill (“dandelion, etc”).

Noun

fjun n

1. soft hair and thereabout: down, fluff, peachfuzz
2. vellus hair, or hair with similar characteristics

   Synonym: vellushår

   Holonym: kroppsbehåring (“body hair”)

3. (facial hair) a whisker in a maturing state between vellus hair and terminal hair

Declension

Declension of fjun

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fjun	fjuns
	definite	fjunet	fjunets
plural	indefinite	fjun	fjuns
	definite	fjunen	fjunens

Derived terms

• fjunig (“fuzzy, downy”)
• fjunmustasch (“peachfuzz mustache”)

References

• “fjun”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fjun”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)