/ˈsniːʋə/
OpprinnelseFrom Danish snive (“glanders”), either from older/dialectal snive, snibe (“snore”), or from Middle Low German snīp (“throat disease in chickens”). The Danish term refers to the sound of the respiratory organs of animals with the disease.
- feminine, masculineglanders (an infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans)
“[hesten] havde snive i bagbenene” — [the horse] had glanders in the hind legs
Bøyningersniva(definite, singular) · sniven(definite, singular) · sniver(indefinite, plural) · snivene(definite, plural)
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