Talk:gås
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Latest comment: 10 years ago by Donnanz in topic Norwegian
Norwegian
[edit]Plural:
"gjess/gjessene" is only the Norwegian - Bokmål form of the plural. In Norwegian - Nynorsk it is: "gjæser/gjæsene".
(http://www.nob-ordbok.uio.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=g%E5s&nynorsk=+&ordbok=nynorsk ; grammatical info can be obtained from clicking the f. in the lemma (itself standing for 'feminine')
Pronunciation:
It lists the pronunciation as [gɔːs], but the å is usually a 'regular' long [o:] sound.
(http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Norwegian_pronunciation)
Etymology: the Old Norse form is gás, not gæs (which is the modern Icelandic form, but the æ is transfered from the plural, which for ON gás was gæss (among other umlauted forms).
Regards, Diederik 81.82.71.171 06:50, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
- The entry has been updated since the above was written. The Bokmål inflections in the curren entry are as given here - “gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.. Attention label removed. Donnanz (talk) 17:31, 24 October 2014 (UTC)