"piggsvin" meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪɡːsʋɪn/ Forms: piggsvinet [definite, singular], piggsvin [indefinite, plural], piggsvina [definite, plural]
Etymology: From pigg + svin. Compare Faroese tindasvín and Danish pindsvin. Calque of Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros) (compare Greek ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros)), probably through Vulgar Latin *porcospinus, like e.g. English porcupine. Etymology templates: {{compound|nn|pigg|svin}} pigg + svin, {{cog|fo|tindasvín}} Faroese tindasvín, {{cog|da|pindsvin}} Danish pindsvin, {{clq|nn|grc|ἀκανθόχοιρος}} Calque of Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros), {{cog|el|ακανθόχοιρος}} Greek ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros), {{cog|VL.|*porcospinus}} Vulgar Latin *porcospinus, {{cog|en|porcupine}} English porcupine Head templates: {{head|nn|noun|definite singular|piggsvinet|indefinite plural|piggsvin|definite plural|piggsvina|g=n}} piggsvin n (definite singular piggsvinet, indefinite plural piggsvin, definite plural piggsvina)
  1. a hedgehog (small nocturnal mammal) Wikipedia link: nn:piggsvin Tags: neuter Categories (lifeform): Animals Synonyms: bustyvel

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for piggsvin meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk (2.7kB)

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      },
      "expansion": "pigg + svin",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "tindasvín"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese tindasvín",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish pindsvin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "clq"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
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      },
      "expansion": "Greek ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "VL.",
        "2": "*porcospinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *porcospinus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "porcupine"
      },
      "expansion": "English porcupine",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pigg + svin. Compare Faroese tindasvín and Danish pindsvin. Calque of Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros) (compare Greek ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros)), probably through Vulgar Latin *porcospinus, like e.g. English porcupine.",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piggsvin",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piggsvina",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "7": "definite plural",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And she sewed moccasins for me from the hide of muskrat, with spines from hedgehogs.",
          "ref": "1908, Severin Eskeland, “translator, original by Chateaubriand”, in Atala",
          "text": "Og ho sauma mokassinar aat meg utav moskusrotteskinn, med piggar utav piggsvin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hedgehog (small nocturnal mammal)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "hedgehog",
          "hedgehog"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bustyvel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nn:piggsvin"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪɡːsʋɪn/"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "el",
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      },
      "expansion": "Greek ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "VL.",
        "2": "*porcospinus"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "porcupine"
      },
      "expansion": "English porcupine",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "piggsvinet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piggsvin",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piggsvina",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
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        "7": "definite plural",
        "8": "piggsvina",
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  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Norwegian Nynorsk compound terms",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms calqued from Ancient Greek",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And she sewed moccasins for me from the hide of muskrat, with spines from hedgehogs.",
          "ref": "1908, Severin Eskeland, “translator, original by Chateaubriand”, in Atala",
          "text": "Og ho sauma mokassinar aat meg utav moskusrotteskinn, med piggar utav piggsvin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "a hedgehog (small nocturnal mammal)"
      ],
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          "hedgehog"
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        {
          "word": "bustyvel"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪɡːsʋɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "piggsvin"
}

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