actinium – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: actinium
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	actinium
Pl.	actinium

Definite

Sg.	actiniumet
Pl.	actiniuma; actiniumene

Sample Sentences

actinium får nitrogenet i luften til å lyse blått (actinium causes the nitrogen in the air to glow blue) [2015, periodesystemet.no:]

Nouns inflected like actinium

kretsløp, kroppsvev, sexliv, samråd, samvær, samløp, sesongkort, cappella-kor, solbær, sjøfly, sjøliv, betongrør, passasjertog, passasjerfly, skritt, skjerf, skjegg, skjold, fenakjøtt, selvmord, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

First part actin- from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray, beam”), from Proto-Hellenic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷ-t-u-s ~ *n̥kʷ-t-éw-s, from *nókʷts (“night”), from *negʷ- (“bare, naked”). Last part from Latin -ium (forms names of chemical elements), from -ius (forms adjectives). See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἀκτίς', Latin Nouns '-ium'.