Noun: a-form
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | a-forma; a-formen |
| Pl. | a-formene |
Sample Sentences
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Ordene 'boka' og 'kasta' har a-endelse. (The words 'boka' (the book) and 'kasta' (threw) have a-endings.)
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støhet i bruken av a-former (stability in the use of a-endings) [1964, Aftenposten, page 5:]
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han er ikke livredd a-former og diftonger (he is not terrified of a-endings and diphthongs) [1990 August 9, Dagens Næringsliv, page 19:]
Nouns inflected like a-form
nedbryting,
nedbrytning,
etablering,
frokostblanding,
sender,
avbildning,
etterretning,
sjølei,
betongsag,
havstrømning,
koldnålsradering,
skarphet,
villmark,
bedring,
atomvekt,
klimaendring,
beiting,
kulltegning,
bergart,
berging, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
a + form, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾. Last part from Old Norse form, from Latin fōrma (“form; figure, shape”), perhaps from Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin. See: Latin Nouns '
fōrma', Ancient Greek Nouns '
μορφή'.
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