abstinering

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abstinere +‎ -ing, first part verbal noun form of abstinere (“abstain”), from Latin abstinēre, present participle of abstineō (“I withhold”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from teneō (“to hold, have, grasp”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abstɪˈneːrɪŋ/, /apstɪˈneːrɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sti‧ner‧ing

Noun

abstinering f or m (definite singular abstineringa or abstineringen, indefinite plural abstineringer, definite plural abstineringene)

  1. the act of abstaining

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