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
f-s2 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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