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labb
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
labb n (genitive singular labbs, no plural)
Declension
Related terms
- labba (“to stroll”)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
labb m (definite singular labben, indefinite plural labbar, definite plural labbane)
- paw (foot of an animal)
Derived terms
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Swedish
Etymology 1
From dialectal labba ’to walk heavily and clumsily.’
Noun
labb c
- Skua; a seabird in the family Stercorariidae.
Declension
Etymology 2
Ablaut of Old Norse lófi; see handlov. Attested in Swedish at least since the XVII century. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk labb and Danish lab.
Noun
labb c
- a larger paw (of for example a bear)
- Synonym: (front paw of a bear) ram
- björnens labbar
- the bear's paws
- a flipper (of a seal)
- (colloquial) a (big) hand
Usage notes
The more general word for paw is tass.
Declension
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Etymology 3
Contraction of laboration (“laboratory experiment.”)
Noun
labb c
- (colloquial) An experiment conducted in a laboratory, especially within teaching.
Declension
Etymology 4
Contraction of laboratorium (“laboratory.”)
Noun
labb n
- (colloquial) Lab, laboratory.
Declension
References
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