Noun: agg
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
uncountable
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like agg
tvogegras,
sollys,
gardsarbeid,
morsealfabet,
kjerringsnakk,
nitrogen,
wolfram,
badetøy,
atomavfall,
tullhovud,
kveitemjøl,
bakepulver,
polyuretan,
honningbrød,
dagslys,
stjernestøv,
iridium,
tvangsarbeid,
seletøy,
planarbeid, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse aga (“to threaten”), from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be depressed, afraid”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “distress, pain”), English ey and awe. See: Old Norse Nouns '
aga', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἄχος', English Nouns '
ey'.
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