mot – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: mot
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

uncountable

Indefinite

Sg.	mot
Pl.	mot

Definite

Sg.	motet
Pl.	mota; motene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like mot

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

Inherited from Danish mod with native Norwegian -t, from Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz. The semantic development was influenced by cognate Middle Low German môt, Modern German Mut. These may also explain the unexpected -t, though it is more probably due to sporadic final devoicing; cf. kot (“small fry”) vs. Icelandic kóð. The regular -d remains in modig. (It is also found in a few literary compounds, which have retained the Danish form.) See: Danish Nouns 'mod', Danish Nouns 'mod', Old Norse Nouns 'móðr', German Nouns 'Mut'.

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