konkylie – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of konkylie

Noun: konkylie
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.konkylie
Pl.konkylier

Definite

Sg.konkylien
Pl.konkyliene

Sample Sentences

  • de forunderligste og smukkeste konkyljer og snilehuse (the most wondrous and beautiful conches and snail shells) [1896, Gabriel Scott, Vester i Skjærene, page 17:]
  • der ligger konkylier og kraakeboller paa kommoden (there are conches and sea urchins on the chest of drawers) [1921–1922, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter, volume IV, page 45:]
  • en liten have med fliselagte ganger og konkylier rundt blomsterbedene (a small garden with tiled paths and conches around the flower beds) [1911, Sigrid Undset, Jenny, page 313:]
  • kulørte glassperler og små konkylier trædd i ornamenter og figurer (coloured glass beads and small conches threaded into ornaments and figures) [1931, Bokken Lasson, Østens smil og tårer, page 36:]
  • konkylien [sang] bedre enn alle andre, den var en Stradivarius blant konkylier (the conch sang better than all the others; it was a Stradivarius among conches) [1972, Aksel Sandemose, Som et neshorn med hjernebetennelse, page 39:]
  • Vil du være en konkylie mot mitt øre? (Will you be a conch against my ear?) [(Can we date this quote?), Erik Bye, Byes beste, Vesle jente, page 107:]
  • en diger konkylie … lå på entrébordet. Sverre løftet den til øret og lyttet (a huge conch lay on the hall table. Sverre lifted it to his ear and listened) [1997, Torgrim Eggen, Den nye Dylan, page 63:]
  • høre på suset fra … konkylien (listen to the murmur from … the conch) [2015, Øystein Dolmen and Gustav Lorentzen, Knutsen & Ludvigsen. Alle sangene, Det Store Dyrets dansevise, page 83:]
  • din gamle konkylie, vil du se at faa ind det varme vandet lidt faderligt fort (you old conch, see if you can get the hot water in here promptly, like a good fellow) [1895, Elias Kræmmer, Glade Borgere, volume II, page 8:]

Etymology

1. Derived from Latin conchylium (“shellfish; mollusk shell”), from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhúlion, “small mussel; mollusk shell”), a diminutive of κόγχη (kónkhē, “mussel; shell”), probably from Pre-Greek.
2. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk konkylie and Danish konkylie; more distantly with Italian conchiglia, French conque, English conch, Spanish concha and Portuguese concha. See: Latin Nouns 'conchylium', Ancient Greek Nouns 'κογχύλιον', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'konkylie', Italian Nouns 'conchiglia', French Nouns 'conque', English Nouns 'conch', Spanish Nouns 'concha', Portuguese Nouns 'concha'.

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