Noun: skørbug
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | skørbug |
| Sg. definite | skørbugen |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | skørbugs |
| Sg. definite | skørbugens |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like skørbug
vietnamesiskhed,
sydøst,
urologi,
sejhed,
snuhed,
samtid,
pubertet,
sodomi,
krigsliderlighed,
colombianskhed,
vuggedød,
kwashiorkor,
babysvømning,
selvtægt,
brugskunst,
meteorregn,
færøskhed,
skafning,
hviderussiskhed,
labilitet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Equivalent to skør (“fragile”) + bug (“stomach”), from Old Norse skyrbjúgr (“scurvy”), cognate with Norwegian skjørbuk, Swedish skörbjugg. A compound of skyr (“sour milk”) + bjúgr (“swelling”). The Old Norse word has been borrowed to Dutch scheurbuik, German Scharbock, and French scorbut (hence English scurvy and New Latin scorbutus). See: Old Norse Nouns '
skyrbjúgr', Swedish Nouns '
skörbjugg', Dutch Nouns '
scheurbuik', German Nouns '
Scharbock', French Nouns '
scorbut', English Nouns '
scurvy'.
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