bulvan

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from the Baltic languages. Compare with Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”) and Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”).

Noun

bulvan c

(law) front, someone acting on behalf of someone else
decoy

Declension

Declension of bulvan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bulvan	bulvanen	bulvaner	bulvanerna
Genitive	bulvans	bulvanens	bulvaners	bulvanernas

References

bulvan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
bulvan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
bulvan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
bulvan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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