póll

See also: poll, Poll, põll, and Pöll

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish pol, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰoutl/
• Rhymes: -outl

Noun

póll m (genitive singular póls, nominative plural pólar)

1. pole (the northern and southern ends of the earth's rotational axis; North Pole and South Pole)
2. pole (extreme point of an axis)
3. pole (one of two opposing forces or parts)

Declension

Declension of póll (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	póll	póllinn	pólar	pólarnir
accusative	pól	pólinn	póla	pólana
dative	pól	pólnum	pólum	pólunum
genitive	póls	pólsins	póla	pólanna

Further reading

• “póll” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)