piggvar

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

piggvar m (definite singular piggvaren, indefinite plural piggvarer, definite plural piggvarene)

1. a turbot (species of flatfish)

References

• “piggvar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

piggvar m (definite singular piggvaren, indefinite plural piggvarar, definite plural piggvarane)

1. a turbot (species of flatfish)

References

• “piggvar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en piggvar

Etymology

pigg (“spike”) +‎ varv (“circle”)

Compare slätvar.

Noun

piggvar c

1. turbot, Scophthalmus maximus

Declension

Declension of piggvar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	piggvar	piggvars
	definite	piggvaren	piggvarens
plural	indefinite	piggvarar	piggvarars
	definite	piggvararna	piggvararnas

See also

• plattfisk (“flatfish”)

References

• “piggvar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “piggvar”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “piggvar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• piggvar in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)