mån
Lule Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Inflection
This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pite Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Declension
See also
References
- Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːn
Noun
mån c
- extent, degree
- i samma (någon, stor, liten, viss) mån
- to the same (some, a large, a little, certain) degree
- i mån av tid
- if there is time (depending on how much time is available)
- att i största möjliga mån undvika spill
- to avoid waste as much as possible
- (in some compounds) margin
- vinna med en hårsmån
- win by a hair's breadth ("margin")
- sömsmån
- seam allowance ("margin")
Usage notes
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Declension
| Declension of mån | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | mån | månen | — | — |
| Genitive | måns | månens | — | — |
Adjective
mån (comparative månare, superlative månast)
- careful, concerned (caring about something (and therefore exerting effort towards it))
- Han var mån om att inte såra någon
- He was careful not to hurt anyone['s feelings] (cared about not hurting anyone, and therefore tried not to do so)
- Hon var mån om sitt rykte
- She was concerned with (cared about (and therefore tended to)) her reputation
- De är måna om sin hälsa
- They take care of (care about and exert effort towards) their health
- considerate
- Hemskt vad alla är måna om oss
- Incredible how considerate everybody is of us
Noun
mån
References
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