abc-bok

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• ABC-bok

abc +‎ bok, first part is the three first letters of the Norwegian alphabet, a, b and c. Last part from Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“letter”), either from *bōkō (“beech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːbɛˈseːbuːk/

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• Rhymes: -uːk
• Hyphenation: a‧b‧c‧bok
• Homophone: ABC-bok

abc-bok f or m (definite singular abc-boka or abc-boken, indefinite plural abc-bøker, definite plural abc-bøkene)

1. a textbook in reading or spelling
   • 1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker IV, page 196:

     noderne lærte [Ole Bull] af onkel Jens omtrent samtidig med abc-bogen

     learned the notes by Uncle Jens at about the same time as the abc book

   • 2002, Ragnhild Nilstun, For kjærlighets skyld:

     lydig satt hun med mora i benken og leste høyt fra ABC-boka

     she sat obediently with her mother on the bench and read aloud from the ABC book

• abc (“ABC”), stavebok (“spelling book”)

• “abc-bok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abc-bok” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ABC-bok” in Store norske leksikon

abc +‎ bok

abc-bok c

1. a primer, an ABC, a hornbook

• abc-bok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)