"lus" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: lusa [definite, singular], lusen [definite, singular], lus [indefinite, plural], lusene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-. Etymology templates: {{inh|nb|non|lús}} Old Norse lús, {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*lūs}} Proto-Germanic *lūs, {{der|nb|ine-pro|*luHs-, *lewH-}} Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH- Head templates: {{nb-noun|c|lusa|lus|lusene|ds2=lusen}} lus f or m (definite singular lusa or lusen, indefinite plural lus, definite plural lusene)
  1. (entomology) a louse (plural lice), or a similar animal, e.g. a sea louse Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-lus-nb-noun-nb:louse Categories (other): Entomology Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  2. (knitting) a single stitch (if not multiple adjacent stitches forming a single-stitch-like v-shape) of a different colour from that of the surrounding fabric, used to form a knitted pattern Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-lus-nb-noun-nb:knitting Categories (other): Knitting Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
  3. (colloquial botany) a hairy seed from a rosehip Tags: colloquial, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-lus-nb-noun-nb:rosehip_seed Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (nautical cartography) a symbol signifying a rock awash (a cross with four dots) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-lus-nb-noun-nb:cartography Categories (other): Cartography, Nautical Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences, nautical, transport
  5. (computing) a computer bug Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-lus-nb-noun-nb:computing Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avluse, bladlus, fattiglus, fiskelus, flatlus, granbarlus, hodelus, kroppslus, lakselus, linselus, luse, lusefart, lusefrø, lusegress, lusekam, lusekjører, luseknekker, lusekofte, luselønn, lusen, lusete, lusflue, skjoldlus, som lus på en tjærekost, tanglus, ull-lus, veggelus

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "bladlus"
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      "word": "fattiglus"
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      "word": "fiskelus"
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    },
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      "word": "luse"
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}

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