mál

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Contents 1 Faroese 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Declension 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Declension 2 Icelandic 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Declension 2.2.1.2 Synonyms 2.2.1.3 Derived terms 2.2.1.4 Related terms 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun 2.3.1.1 Synonyms 2.3.1.2 Declension 2.3.1.3 Derived terms 2.3.1.4 Related terms 3 Old Norse 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.1.1 Descendants 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Descendants 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Noun

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþla-.

[edit] Noun

mál m.

1. language
2. speech
3. talk
4. matter
5. (law) cause

[edit] Declension

n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mál	málið	mál	málini
Accusative	mál	málið	mál	málini
Dative	máli	málinum	málum	málunum
Genitive	máls	málsins	mála	málanna

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlo-, whence also English meal.

[edit] Noun

mál m.

1. measurement, size

[edit] Declension

n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mál	málið	mál	málini
Accusative	mál	málið	mál	málini
Dative	máli	málinum	málum	málunum
Genitive	máls	málsins	mála	málanna

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [mauːl]

  Rhymes: -auːl

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþla-.

[edit] Noun

mál n.

1. language
2. speech
3. matter, affair
4. (law) cause
5. (informal) a big deal

[edit] Declension

Declension of mál
	(singular)		(plural)
	(indefinite)	(definite)	(indefinite)	(definite)
nominative	mál	málið	mál	málin
accusative	mál	málið	mál	málin
dative	máli	málinu	málum	málunum
genitive	máls	málsins	mála	málanna
Other words with the same declension

[edit] Synonyms

• (language): tunga n., tungumál n.
• (speech): málfar n., tungutak n., mæli n. (rare)
• (measurement): mæling f.

[edit] Derived terms

• ekkert mál

  ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál

• barnamál
• gælumál
• tungumál
• áhugamál
• aðaláhugamál
• forritunarmál

[edit] Related terms

• mæla

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlo-, whence also English meal.

[edit] Noun

mál n. (genitive singular máls, plural mál)

1. measurements, a size, dimensions
2. a system of measurement
3. the appropriate time for something

   Er ekki mál að fara?

   Isn't it time to go?

4. a meal, mealtime

[edit] Synonyms

• (system of measurement): mælikerfi
• (meal): máltíð

[edit] Declension

[edit] Derived terms

• taka mál, taka mál af
• það er mál til komið, mál til komið
• mál að pissa, mér er mál að pissa
• vera mál
• milli mála

[edit] Related terms

• mæla

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[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *maþla-, whence also Old Saxon mahal, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl).

[edit] Noun

mál n.

1. language
2. speech
3. matter, affair
4. (law) cause

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mēlo-, whence also Old English mǣl (English meal), Old Frisian mēl, Old High German māl (German Mahl, Mal) Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl), “‘time, hour’”).

[edit] Noun

mál n.

1. measurement, size
2. time
3. meal, mealtime

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Etymology 3

From the same Germanic source as Old Saxon māl and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl), used by Ulfilas to translate Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) and γράμμα (gramma). Related to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maljan) (translating γράφω (“‘draw, write’”)) and German mahlen (“‘to paint’”).

[edit] Noun

mál n.

1. a work of art inlaid in metal, especially on weapons