fjärd

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === fiärd (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish fiærdher, from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of fjord. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fjæːɖ/ === Noun === fjärd c (geography) a larger, more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago, a bay ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fjord ==== See also ==== bukt sjö skärgård (“coastal archipelago”) vik === References === “fjärd”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fjärd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “fjärd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)