lungnabólga

Icelandic

Etymology

lunga (“lung”) +‎ bólga (“inflammation, swelling, bulging”).

Noun

lungnabólga f (genitive singular lungnabólgu, no plural)

1. pneumonia

Declension

Declension of lungnabólga (sg-only feminine, based on bólga)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	lungnabólga	lungnabólgan
accusative	lungnabólgu	lungnabólguna
dative	lungnabólgu	lungnabólgunni
genitive	lungnabólgu	lungnabólgunnar

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “lungnabólga”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)