abildgrå

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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/
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  • 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)

  1. (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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