mjöðm

See also: mjødm and mjǫðm

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫðm (“hip”), from Proto-Germanic *medumō (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjœðm/
• Rhymes: -œðm

Noun

mjöðm f (genitive singular mjaðmar, nominative plural mjaðmir)

1. (anatomy) hip

Declension

declension of mjöðm

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjöðm	mjöðmin	mjaðmir	mjaðmirnar
accusative	mjöðm	mjöðmina	mjaðmir	mjaðmirnar
dative	mjöðm	mjöðminni	mjöðmum	mjöðmunum
genitive	mjaðmar	mjaðmarinnar	mjaðma	mjaðmanna

Derived terms

• mjaðmagrind (“pelvis”)
• mjaðmarbein (“hipbone”)
• mjaðmarspaði (“ilium”)