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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
skabb m (definite singular skabben, indefinite plural skabber, definite plural skabbene)
- (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.
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
skabb m (definite singular skabben, indefinite plural skabbar, definite plural skabbane)
- (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
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
- scabies (An infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei)
Declension
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