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lya.

a lair, a den, a sett; a hole in the ground for a fox, wolf or badger

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a lair, a den, a sett; a hole in the ground for a fox, wolf or badger

    common-gender
  2. a (small) apartment

    common-gender · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish lya, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish verb similar to Old Norse hlýja (“to protect”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.