gyttja

English

Etymology

From Swedish.

Noun

gyttja (countable and uncountable, plural gyttjas)

  1. A mud formed from the partial decay of peat.

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Germanic *gutjōn, related to *geutaną (“to pour”).[1]

Noun

gyttja c

  1. watery mud, muck
  2. (geology) a fine-grained, nutrient-rich organic mud, or peat, deposited in lakes and ponds

Declension
Declension of gyttja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gyttja gyttjan gyttjor gyttjorna
Genitive gyttjas gyttjans gyttjors gyttjornas

Synonyms

References
  1. “gyttja”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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