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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
abild + grå, first part from Danish abild (“European crab apple”), from Old Danish apæld, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz (“apple tree”). Last part from Old Norse grár (“grey, spiteful”), from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːbɪlɡroː/
- Rhymes: -oː
- Hyphenation: ab‧ild‧grå
Adjective
abildgrå (neuter singular abildgrått, definite singular and plural abildgrå or abildgråe, comparative abildgråere, indefinite superlative abildgråest, definite superlative abildgråeste)
- (poetic, obsolete) white or light colour with gray spots; gray-spotted (of a horse)
- Synonyms: apalgrå, gråskimlete
1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 197:hans ganger, den abildgraa, Grane kaldet- his times, the gray-spotted, called Grane
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