fjall
See also: fjäll
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjall n (genitive singular fjals, plural fjøll)
Declension
n10 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fjall | fjallið | fjøll | fjøllini |
Accusative | fjall | fjallið | fjøll | fjøllini |
Dative | fjalli | fjallinum | fjøllum | fjøllunum |
Genitive | fjals | fjalsins | fjalla | fjallanna |
Derived terms
Related terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjall n (genitive singular fjalls, nominative plural fjöll)
- mountain
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
- Elds er þörf
- þeim er inn er kominn
- og á kné kalinn.
- Matar og voða
- er manni þörf,
- þeim er hefir um fjall farið.
- Fire he needs
- who with frozen knees
- Has come from the cold without;
- Food and clothes
- must the farer have,
- The man from the mountains come.
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
Declension
declension of fjall
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)
Declension
Declension of fjall (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- fjǫllóttr (“mountainous”, adjective)
Descendants
- Danish: fjeld
- English: fell
- Faroese: fjall
- Icelandic: fjall, fell
- Norwegian Bokmål: fjell
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell
- Swedish: fjäll
References
- “fjall”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
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- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
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- fo:Geography
- fo:Mountains
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/atl
- Icelandic lemmas
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- is:Geography
- is:Mountains
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
- non:Geography
- non:Mountains
- non:Landforms