abdomen – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of abdomen

Noun: abdomen
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.abdomen
Pl.abdomen; abdomina

Definite

Sg.abdomenet
Pl.abdomena; abdomenene; abdominaene

Sample Sentences

  • computertomografi ved akutt abdomen (computed tomography of the acute abdomen) [2005 July 4, tidsskriftet.no (Tidsskrift for Den norske lægeforening):]
  • Mary Diamonds tronende abdomen (Mary Diamonds enthroned abdomen) [1974, Knut Faldbakken, Uår. Aftenlandet, page 175:]
  • en henvisning til ultralyd abdomen og nyrer (a reference to ultrasound of the abdomen and kidneys) [1997, Liv Køltzow, Verden forsvinner, page 98:]

Nouns inflected like abdomen

abdomen,

Etymology

From Latin abdōmen (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”), possibly from both abdō (“to hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *dō (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns). See: Latin Nouns 'abdōmen'.

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