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”)