skál

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [skɔal]

[edit] Etymology

  • From Old Norse skál (‘bowl’).

[edit] Noun

skál f.

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

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] References

  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)

[edit] Interjection

skál

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

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

skál f. (genitive singular skálar, plural skálar)

  1. bowl
  2. the act of performing a toast

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Synonyms

  • (performing toast): minni

[edit] Interjection

skál!

  1. cheers!

[edit] See also


[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

[edit] Noun

skál f. (plural skálir or skálar)

  1. bowl
  2. scale

[edit] References

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