harmynt

Swedish

Etymology

hare (“hare”) +‎ -mynt (“mouthed”)

Adjective

harmynt (not comparable)

1. (medicine, somewhat dated) harelipped

Usage notes

According to Svensk ordbok, the preferred terms nowadays are läppspalt (“cleft lip”), käkspalt (“cleft jaw”), and gomspalt (“cleft palate”).

Declension

Inflection of harmynt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	harmynt	—	—
neuter singular	harmynt	—	—
plural	harmynta	—	—
masculine plural2	harmynte	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	harmynte	—	—
all	harmynta	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• harmynthet (“harelip”)

References

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