abortsøkende

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abort +‎ søkende, 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”). Last part is the present participle of 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʈsøːkən(d)ə/, /aˈbɔʁtsøːkən(d)ə/

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• Rhymes: -ənə, -əndə
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧søk‧en‧de

Adjective

abortsøkende (neuter singular abortsøkende, definite singular and plural abortsøkende, comparative mer abortsøkende, superlative mest abortsøkende)

1. abortion seeking (searching for the right or access to an abortion)
   • 1975, Tidens Krav:

     en abortsøkende industriarbeider stiller svakere enn f.eks. en abortsøkende student

     an industrial worker seeking abortion is weaker than e.g. an abortion-seeking student

Related terms

• abortsøker (“abortion seeker”)
• abortrådgivning (“abortion counseling”)
• abortkurator (“abortion curator”)

References

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