bøya

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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bøya m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of bøye (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną. In the context of grammar, sense 3, it is a semantic loan from Latin dēclīnāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bøya (present tense bøyer, past tense bøygde, supine bøygd or bøygt, past participle bøygd, present participle bøyande, imperative bøy, mediopassive bøyast)

  1. (transitive) to bend
  2. (reflexive) to bow
  3. (transitive, grammar) to inflect
    1. (nouns and adjectives) to decline
    2. (verbs) to conjugate
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