innsog

From inn- (“in”) +‎ sog (“the act of sucking”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn(ː)sɔːk/

innsog n (genitive singular innsogs, nominative plural innsog)

1. choke (control on a carburettor)
2. inhalation

   Hann talaði stanslaust og þegar hann þurfti að anda talaði hann á innsoginu.

   He spoke nonstop, and when he needed to breathe he spoke while inhaling.

• The sense "inhalation" is mostly used in the set phrase á innsoginu (“while inhaling”).

• (inhalation): innöndun

• aka á innsoginu
• á innsoginu
• innsogsloft
• tala á innsoginu (“speaking while inhaling”)

• loftsog
• ísog
• þindarlaus
• þindarlaust