avsky

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːʋˈʃyː/
• Rhymes: -yː

Etymology 1

Calque of German Abscheu; from surface analysis, av- +‎ sky. Compare Danish afsky, Swedish avsky, and Dutch afschuw.

Noun

avsky m (definite singular avskyen)

1. disgust, loathing (an intense dislike for something)

Etymology 2

From av- +‎ sky (verb).

Verb

avsky (imperative avsky, present tense avskyr, passive avskys, simple past avskydde, past participle avskydd, present participle avskyende)

1. to disgust (cause an intense dislike for something)
2. to detest, loathe

References

• “avsky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Calque of German Abscheu. Compare Danish afsky, Dutch afschuw.

Noun

avsky m (definite singular avskyen)

1. disgust, loathing (an intense dislike for something)

Etymology 2

From av- +‎ sky (verb).

Verb

avsky (present tense avskyr, past tense avskydde, past participle avskydd or avskytt, passive infinitive avskyast, present participle avskyande, imperative avsky)

1. to disgust (cause an intense dislike for something)
2. to detest, loathe

References

• “avsky” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From av- +‎ sky (“to shun”). Compare German Abscheu and verabscheuen, Danish afsky, Dutch afschuw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːvˌɧyː/

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Noun

avsky c

1. loathing (a feeling of intense dislike)

Declension

Declension of avsky

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	avsky	avskys
	definite	avskyn	avskyns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• avskyvärd

Verb

avsky (present avskyr, preterite avskydde, supine avskytt, imperative avsky)

1. to loathe, detest

Conjugation

Conjugation of avsky (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	avsky		avskys
supine	avskytt		avskytts
imperative	avsky		—
imper. plural1	avskyn		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	avskyr	avskydde	avskys	avskyddes
ind. plural1	avsky	avskydde	avskys	avskyddes
subjunctive2	avsky	avskydde	avskys	avskyddes
present participle		avskyende
past participle		avskydd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “avsky”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “avsky”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “avsky”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)