nektar
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nektar c (singular definite nektaren, not used in plural form)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).
Noun edit
nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarer, definite plural nektarene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarar, definite plural nektarane)
Etymology 2 edit
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Verb edit
nektar
References edit
- “nektar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).
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Noun edit
nektar m inan (related adjective nektarowy)
- (uncountable, botany) nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds)
- (uncountable, Greek mythology) nectar (drink of the gods)
- (countable, figurative, humorous) nectar (any delicious drink)
- Synonym: słodycz
- (countable, figurative) nectar (type of sweetened fruit juice)
- Hypernym: sok
- (uncountable, figurative, literary) essence (true nature of something, not accidental or illusory)
- Synonyms: ekstrakt, esencja, istota, substancja
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nȅktar m (Cyrillic spelling не̏ктар)
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Swedish edit
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nektar c
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Declension of nektar | ||||
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Nominative | nektar | nektarn | — | — |
Genitive | nektars | nektarns | — | — |