slå – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Noun: slå
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	slå
Pl.	slåer

Definite

Sg.	slåa
Pl.	slåene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like slå

salsbu, bølgjelengd, sjølei, betongsag, brennvidd, skrift, villmark, bedrift, atomvekt, hotell-lov, grannsemd, elvebredd, rettssak, fastetid, mellomtid, krossmess, leilegheit, åtgjerd, papirvekt, bandsag, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Akin to English slay. See: English Nouns 'slay'.

Translations

tack, nautical: to turn the bow through the wind

throb, to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm