apupokur
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From apa (“mokey”) + pokur (“smallpox, pox”)
Noun[edit]
apupokur f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural apupoka)
- (virology) mpox, monkeypox
- Synonym: apukoppar
- 2022 May 23, Alda Nielsdóttir, “Apupokur komnar til Danmarkar [Monkeypox has arrived in Denmark]”, in dagur.fo[1]:
- Í dag upplýsir danska heilsumálaráðið, at fyrsit tilburðurin av apupokum er staðfestur í Danmark.
- Today, the Danish Ministry of Health informs that the first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Denmark.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of apupokur (plural only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| f1p | plural | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | apupokur | apupokurnar |
| accusative | apupokur | apupokurnar |
| dative | apupokum | apupokunum |
| genitive | apupoka | apupokanna |