mås

See also: maas, Maas, maaş, and Appendix:Variations of "mas"

Danish

Noun

mås c (singular definite måsen, plural indefinite måse)

1. (informal) butt, buttocks

Declension

Declension of mås

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mås	måsen	måse	måsene
genitive	måss	måsens	måses	måsenes

Swedish

en mås (fiskmås)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mási.

Noun

mås c

1. a seagull, a gull, especially a common gull (fiskmås), Larus canus

   Synonym: (informal in the general sense) fiskmås

Usage notes

See also trut, which might be considered a subcategory.

Declension

Declension of mås

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mås	mås
	definite	måsen	måsens
plural	indefinite	måsar	måsars
	definite	måsarna	måsarnas

Derived terms

• måsvinge
• skrattmås Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• fiskmås Larus canus
• dvärgmås Hydrocoloeus minutus
• tretåig mås Rissa tridactyla

See also

• trut

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mås

1. passive infinitive of må
2. present passive of må

   Hur mås det?

   How are you?

   (literally, “How is it felt?”)

References

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

Anagrams

• små, åms