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

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