Swedish
Etymology
locka (“attract”) + rop (“call”)
Noun
lockrop n
- a herding call (call by a human to attract animals, often livestock)
- a call from an animal to attract other animals, like a mating call
- Synonyms: (mating call) parningsrop, (mating call) parningsläte
- (figuratively) a calling out to attract people (for example by a street vendor)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lockrop | lockrops |
| definite | lockropet | lockropets | |
| plural | indefinite | lockrop | lockrops |
| definite | lockropen | lockropens |
References
- “lockrop”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “lockrop”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)