motgift

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

mot (“against”) +‎ gift (“poison”). Calque of German Gegengift. Compare Danish modgift

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muːt.jift/, [ˈmuʷːt.ˌjɪft]

Noun

motgift f or m (definite singular motgifta or motgiften, indefinite plural motgifter, definite plural motgiftene)

  1. antidote

References

“motgift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

mot (“against”) +‎ gift (“poison”). Calque of German Gegengift.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muːt.jift/, [ˈmuʷːt.ˌjɪft]

Noun

motgift f (definite singular motgifta, indefinite plural motgifter, definite plural motgiftene)

  1. antidote

References

“motgift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

mot (“against”) +‎ gift (“poison”). Calque of German Gegengift.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muːt.jift/

Noun

motgift n

  1. antidote

Inflection
Declension of motgift 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative motgift motgiftet motgifter motgifterna
Genitive motgifts motgiftets motgifters motgifternas

Synonyms

References

motgift in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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