abortsøker

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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abort +‎ søker, first part from Latin abortus (premature delivery, abortion; miscarriage), perfect active participle of aborior (I disappear; miscarry, am aborted (of a baby)), a compound from both ab- (from, away from, off), from Latin ab (from, away from, on, in), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and from orior (I rise, appear, am born), from Proto-Italic *orjōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (to move, stir, rise, spring). Second part søke +‎ -er, with the verb søke (to search) from Old Norse sǿkja (to seek, look for, search), from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (to seek, look for), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (to give a sign), from *seh₂g- (to seek out) and *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots), with the suffix from Old Norse -ari, from Medieval Latin and Middle Low German words, both from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbɔʈsøːkər/, /aˈbɔʁtsøːkər/
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  • Rhymes: -ər
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧søk‧er

Noun

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abortsøker m (definite singular abortsøkeren, indefinite plural abortsøkere, definite plural abortsøkerne)

  1. an abortion seeker (one who is searching for the right or access to an abortion)
    • 1970, Morgenbladet:
      stadig flere abortsøkere henvender seg til familierådgivningskontorene
      more and more abortion seekers are turning to family counseling offices
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