skál

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Faroese [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse skál (bowl), from Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [skɔal]

Noun [edit]

skál f (genitive singular skálar, plural skálir)

  1. bowl
  2. drinking glas, tumbler
  3. weighing scale
  4. Libra

Declension [edit]

f2 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skál skálin skálir skálirnar
Accusative skál skálina skálir skálirnar
Dative skál skálini skálum skálunum
Genitive skálar skálarinnar skála skálanna

References [edit]

  1. ^ Skaal in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 727)

Interjection [edit]

skál

  1. cheers (after the meaning of skál as drinking glas)

Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse skál, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

skál f (genitive singular skálar, plural skálar)

  1. bowl
  2. the act of performing a toast

Declension [edit]

or, for the meaning “toast”, or sometimes in older language for other senses:

Synonyms [edit]

  • (performing toast): minni

Interjection [edit]

skál!

  1. cheers!

See also [edit]


Old Norse [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Noun [edit]

skál f (plural skálir or skálar)

  1. bowl
  2. scale

References [edit]

  • “skál” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic