Noun: abborgras
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | abborgras |
| Pl. | abborgras |
Definite
| Sg. | abborgraset |
| Pl. | abborgrasa; abborgrasene |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like abborgras
kretsløp,
kroppsvev,
sexliv,
samråd,
samvær,
samløp,
sesongkort,
cappella-kor,
solbær,
sjøfly,
sjøliv,
betongrør,
passasjertog,
passasjerfly,
skritt,
skjerf,
skjegg,
skjold,
fenakjøtt,
selvmord, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
abbor + gras, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre, aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Old Norse borrablað, from Proto-Germanic *burzô. Last part from is an alternative form of gress (“grass”), from Old Norse gras (“grass, herbage; herb (with special powers)”), from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from the root of *grōaną (“to green, grow”) and *grōniz (“green”), from Pre-Germanic *groh₁-ni-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow (of plants)”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
gras'.
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