No. 5,907 in Swedish
ilves
"Ilves" is not Swedish; it is Finnish for "lynx."
In a sentence
Jag såg en ilves i skogen.
I saw a lynx in the forest.
Here, 'ilves' is used as a noun referring to an animal, a lynx.
Ilvesens rörelser var smidiga.
The lynx's movements were smooth.
In this sentence, the word 'ilves' is inflected to show possession (ilvesens), describing the lynx's attribute.
Vi studerade ilvesens beteende i naturvetenskapsklassen.
We studied the behavior of the lynx in biology class.
Here, 'ilves' functions as the subject of a study in academics, showing its use in educational context.
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