svartis

Swedish

Etymology 1

Black ice [1] on pavement

Black ice [2] on a lake

svart +‎ is

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²svartiːs/, [²svaʈiːs]

Noun

svartis c

1. black ice, a thin barely visible layer of ice on roads and pavements

   Var försiktig, det var svartis när jag gick imorse.

   Be careful, there was black ice when I left this morning!

2. congelation ice that looks black due to transparency

Etymology 2

A jealous person

Clipping of svartsjuk (“jealous”) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹svartɪs/, [¹svaʈɪs]

Adjective

svartis (comparative mer svartis, superlative mest svartis)

1. (colloquial) (romantically) jealous

   Synonyms: svartsjuk, (colloquial) sotis

   Hon var svartis.

   She was jelous.

Declension

• Invariable, only used predicatively.
• Usually of romantic jealousy (like being (overly) worried about infidelity). More rarely of other kinds of jealousy that involve less attention being given towards oneself.