kjóll

Icelandic

Kjóll á gínu (“A dress on a mannequin”).

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish kjole, contracted from kjortel, cognate to Icelandic kyrtill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰoutl/

  Rhymes: -outl

Noun

kjóll m (genitive singular kjóls, nominative plural kjólar)

1. a dress, a frock

Declension

declension of kjóll

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjóll	kjóllinn	kjólar	kjólarnir
accusative	kjól	kjólinn	kjóla	kjólana
dative	kjól	kjólnum	kjólum	kjólunum
genitive	kjóls	kjólsins	kjóla	kjólanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz.

Noun

kjóll m (genitive kjóls, plural kjólar)

1. (poetic, heiti) ship

Declension

  Declension of kjóll (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjóll	kjóllinn	kjólar	kjólarnir
accusative	kjól	kjólinn	kjóla	kjólana
dative	kjóli	kjólinum	kjólum	kjólunum
genitive	kjóls	kjólsins	kjóla	kjólanna

Derived terms

• arinkjóll (“house”, literally “hearth-ship”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: kjóll