skabb

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

skabb m (definite singular skabben, indefinite plural skabber, definite plural skabbene)

  1. (pathology) scabies

Usage notes

  • Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was considered grammatically neuter.[1] The forms skabbet, skabb (as indefinite plural) and skabba were then made obsolete.

References

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skabb m (definite singular skabben, indefinite plural skabbar, definite plural skabbane)

  1. (pathology, usually uncountable) scabies

Usage notes

  • Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was considered grammatically neuter.[1] The forms skabbet, skabb (as indefinite plural) and skabba were then made obsolete.

References

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skabber, from Old Norse skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skabn-, *skab- (“to cut, split, carve, shape”). Cognate with Latin scabiēs.

Pronunciation

Noun

skabb c

  1. scabies (An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei)

Declension

Declension of skabb 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative skabb skabben — —
Genitive skabbs skabbens — —

References

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