mjalli
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse mjalli (“whiteness”), from mjöll.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mjalli m (genitive singular mjalla, no plural)
Usage notes
[edit]- Almost exclusively used in the dative form mjalla in the idiom vera ekki með öllum mjalla (“to be out of one's mind”); to be not "in one's whole whiteness".
Declension
[edit]| Declension of mjalli | ||
|---|---|---|
| m-w1 | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mjalli | mjallinn |
| accusative | mjalla | mjallann |
| dative | mjalla | mjallanum |
| genitive | mjalla | mjallans |
Derived terms
[edit]- vera ekki með öllum mjalla, ekki með öllum mjalla (to be not all there, to be out of one's mind, to be not in one's senses, to be insane, to have mental problems)