skabb

Norwegian Bokmål

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈskab/

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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