nektar

nektar

See also: Nektar

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛktaːr/, [ˈnɛɡ̊tˢɑːˀ]

Noun

nektar c (singular definite nektaren, not used in plural form)

1. nectar

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar).

Noun

nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarer, definite plural nektarene)

1. nectar

References

• “nektar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nektar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛktɑr/

Noun

nektar m (definite singular nektaren, indefinite plural nektarar, definite plural nektarane)

1. nectar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nɛktɑr/

Verb

nektar

1. present of nekta

References

• “nektar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛk.tar/

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• Rhymes: -ɛktar
• Syllabification: nek‧tar

Noun

nektar m inan

1. (botany) nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers)
2. (Greek mythology) nectar (drink of the gods)
3. nectar (any delicious drink)

Declension

Declension of nektar

	singular	plural
nominative	nektar	nektary
genitive	nektaru	nektarów
dative	nektarowi	nektarom
accusative	nektar	nektary
instrumental	nektarem	nektarami
locative	nektarze	nektarach
vocative	nektarze	nektary

Derived terms

adjective

• nektarowy

 

noun

• nektarnik

 

Related terms

noun

• nektarium

 

Further reading

• nektar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nektar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêktar/
• Hyphenation: nek‧tar

Noun

nȅktar m (Cyrillic spelling не̏ктар)

1. nectar

Declension

Declension of nektar

	singular	plural
nominative	nektar	nektari
genitive	nektara	nektara
dative	nektaru	nektarima
accusative	nektar	nektare
vocative	nektaru	nektari
locative	nektaru	nektarima
instrumental	nektarom	nektarima