mál
Faroese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.
Noun[edit]
mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mál | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
accusative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
dative | máli | málinum | málum | málunum |
genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Derived terms[edit]
- endamál
- vandamál
- loyndarmál
- fiskivinnumál
- fíggjarmál
- skattamál
- rættarmál
- bergmál
- tungumál
- talumál
- skriftmál
- bundið mál
- óbundið mál
- málsgrein
- mállæra
- málnevnd
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun[edit]
mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)
Declension[edit]
Declension of mál | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
accusative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
dative | máli | málinum | málum | málunum |
genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Derived terms[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.
Noun[edit]
mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (language): tunga, tungumál, (chiefly archaic) sprok
- (speech): málfar, tungutak, mæli
- (measurement): mæling
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun[edit]
mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)
- measurements, a size, dimensions
- a system of measurement
- the appropriate time for something
- Er ekki mál að fara?
- Isn't it time to go?
- Er ekki mál að fara?
- a meal, mealtime
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *maþlą, whence also Old Saxon mahal, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl).
Noun[edit]
mál n
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: mál
- Faroese: mál
- Norwegian Bokmål: mål
- Old Swedish: māl
- Swedish: mål
- Danish: mål
- → Old English: māl (“speech, contract, agreement”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure, time, occasion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Old English mǣl, Old Frisian mēl, Old Saxon māl, Old High German māl, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “time, hour”).
Noun[edit]
mál n (genitive máls, plural mál)
- measurement, size
- season; a quarter of a year
- c. 1180,, Rímbegla
- í misseri eru mál tvau, í máli eru mánuðr þrír
- in a half-year there are two seasons, in a seasons there are three months
- c. 1180,, Rímbegla
- time
- mál es at eta
- it is time to eat
- (Low German influence) meal, mealtime
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Etymology 3[edit]
From the same Germanic source as Old Saxon māl and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl), probably Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, used by Ulfilas to translate Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) and γράμμα (grámma). Related to Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (mēljan) (translating Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “draw, write”)) and German malen (“to paint”).
Noun[edit]
mál n
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