ros – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms of ros

Noun: ros
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:
uncountable

Indefinite

Sg.ros
Pl.roser

Definite

Sg.rosen; rosa
Pl.rosene

Sample Sentences

  • Det er mi høgste Æra, // det er mi største Ros // hans Fylgjesvein at vera // og vandra i hans Ljos. (It is my highest honour, // it is my highest praise: // to be a His disciple // and wander in His light.) [1875, Elias Blix, “Med Jesus”, in Nokre Salmar [Some hymns], 3rd edition, page 25:]
  • Sophies Minde vart flau av all rosen, og gav noko nebbete uttrykk for at no heldt det lenge. (Sophies Minde got embarrassed by all the praise, and expressed somewhat snarkily that this would be enough for a good while.) [1992, Arne Ruset, Den svarte kista, pages 85–86:]

Nouns inflected like ros

dis, ros, koks,

Etymology

From the verb rosa (“to praise”), from Old Norse hrósa. Prior to the spelling reform of 1959, this noun was considered grammatically feminine or neuter. The revision made non-standard the definite singular forms rosa, rosi, and roset. See: Old Norse Nouns 'hrósa'.

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