Noun: amalgam
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | amalgam |
| Sg. Def. | amalgamet |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | amalgams |
| Sg. Def. | amalgamets |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like amalgam
sexliv,
sattyg,
schtek,
viltkött,
sorbat,
ultraljud,
fläskkött,
skakvåld,
alkoholmissbruk,
grannskap,
beskydd,
rasförräderi,
sommarsolstånd,
futurum,
fastland,
ögonmått,
ögongrus,
arbetsliv,
tuggmotstånd,
griskött, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin amalgama, from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). See: Latin Nouns '
amalgama', Ancient Greek Nouns '
μάλαγμα'.
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