spy – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: spy
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

uncountable

Indefinite

Sg.

spy

Definite

Sg.

spyet

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like spy

snøvær, sollys, gardsarbeid, alfagress, beinmel, morsealfabet, kobbersulfat, mellomkjøtt, rørsukker, wolfram, badetøy, kjølevann, atomavfall, bakepulver, morgenbrød, snøvann, polyuretan, honningbrød, dagslys, stjernestøv, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse spýja, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Compare Swedish and Danish spy, Icelandic spýja, English spew, Dutch spuwen, German speien. See: Old Norse Nouns 'spýja', Icelandic Nouns 'spýja', English Nouns 'spew'.

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