sálmur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse salmr, psalmr, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔlmʊr/

Noun

sálmur m (genitive singular sálms, plural sálmar)

1. psalm
2. chant

Declension

Declension of sálmur
m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sálmur	sálmurin	sálmar	sálmarnir
accusative	sálm	sálmin	sálmar	sálmarnar
dative	sálmi	sálminum	sálmum	sálmunum
genitive	sálms	sálmsins	sálma	sálmanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse salmr, psalmr, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaulmʏr/

  Rhymes: -aulmʏr

Noun

sálmur m (genitive singular sálms, nominative plural sálmar)

1. psalm
2. hymn

Declension

declension of sálmur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sálmur	sálmurinn	sálmar	sálmarnir
accusative	sálm	sálminn	sálma	sálmana
dative	sálmi	sálminum	sálmum	sálmunum
genitive	sálms	sálmsins	sálma	sálmanna