mjöðm

See also: mjødm and mjǫðm

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫðm (“hip”), from Proto-Germanic *medumō (“middle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjœðm/
  • Rhymes: -œðm

Noun

mjöðm f (genitive singular mjaðmar, nominative plural mjaðmir)

  1. (anatomy) hip

Declension

Declension of mjöðm (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mjöðm mjöðmin mjaðmir mjaðmirnar
accusative mjöðm mjöðmina mjaðmir mjaðmirnar
dative mjöðm mjöðminni mjöðmum mjöðmunum
genitive mjaðmar mjaðmarinnar mjaðma mjaðmanna

Derived terms

  • mjaðmagrind (“pelvis”)
  • mjaðmarbein (“hipbone”)
  • mjaðmarspaði (“ilium”)
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