labb
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
labb n (genitive singular labbs)
Declension edit
declension of labb
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- labba (“to stroll”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Cf. Swedish labb and Danish lab.
Noun edit
labb m (definite singular labben, indefinite plural labbar, definite plural labbane)
- paw (foot of an animal)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From dialectal labba ’to walk heavily and clumsily.’
Noun edit
labb c
- Skua; a seabird in the family Stercorariidae.
Declension edit
Declension of labb | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | labb | labben | labbar | labbarna |
Genitive | labbs | labbens | labbars | labbarnas |
Etymology 2 edit
Ablaut of Old Norse lófi; see handlov. Attested in Swedish at least since the XVII century. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk labb and Danish lab.
Noun edit
labb c
- A larger paw (on for example a bear)
- Synonym: (front paw of a bear) ram
- björnens labbar
- the bear's paws
- (colloquial) A big hand
Usage notes edit
The more general word for paw is tass.
Declension edit
Declension of labb | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | labb | labben | labbar | labbarna |
Genitive | labbs | labbens | labbars | labbarnas |
Etymology 3 edit
Contraction of laboration (“laboratory experiment.”)
Noun edit
labb c
- (colloquial) An experiment conducted in a laboratory, especially within teaching.
Declension edit
Declension of labb | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | labb | labben | labbar | labbarna |
Genitive | labbs | labbens | labbars | labbarnas |
Etymology 4 edit
Contraction of laboratorium (“laboratory.”)
Noun edit
labb n
- (colloquial) Lab, laboratory.
Declension edit
Declension of labb | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | labb | labbet | labb | labben |
Genitive | labbs | labbets | labbs | labbens |