skørbug
Danish
Etymology
Equivalent to skør (“fragile”) + bug (“stomach”), from Old Norse skyrbjúgr (“scurvy”), cognate with Norwegian skjørbuk, Swedish skörbjugg. A compound of skyr (“sour milk”) + bjúgr (“swelling”). The Old Norse word has been borrowed to Dutch scheurbuik, German Scharbock, and French scorbut (hence English scurvy and New Latin scorbutus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skørbuːˀ/, [ˈsɡ̊øɐ̯ˌb̥uˀ]
Noun
skørbug c (singular definite skørbugen, not used in plural form)
- scurvy (deficiency of vitamin C)
Declension
Declension of skørbug
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skørbug | skørbugen |
| genitive | skørbugs | skørbugens |
See also
- “skørbug” in Den Danske Ordbog
- skørbug on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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