sväll

Sväll is a Swedish linguistic stem associated with the verb svälla, which means to swell, enlarge, or bulge. It appears in various compounds and inflected forms of the verb and is used in medical, anatomical, and material contexts, among others.

Conjugation and usage: The finite forms include sväller (present), svällde (past), and svällt (supine/past participle). Examples: “Läpparna svällde efter ett bett.” “Träet sväller när det blir vått.” The forms follow standard Swedish conjugation patterns for svälla, and the stem sväll- commonly appears in related adjectives and compounds such as svällande.

Noun usage and related terms: As a standalone noun, sväll is uncommon in modern Swedish. More typical nouns for swelling or bulging are svullnad (edema or swelling) and svällning (the process or a swelling). In technical or historical texts, sväll may förekom as the root in affixed form, but it is not the standard noun for swelling today.

Etymology and cognates: Sväll is derived from the verb svälla. Cognates appear in other Scandinavian languages, reflecting a shared Germanic heritage of terms related to swelling and expansion.

See also: svälla, svullnad, svällning, ödem.