skál

See also: skal, skäl, skål, and škál

Faroese

Alternative forms

• skaal

Etymology

From Old Norse skál (“bowl”), from Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔaːl/

Noun

skál f (genitive singular skálar, plural skálir)

1. bowl
2. drinking glass, tumbler
3. weighing scale
4. Libra

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skál	skálin	skálir	skálirnar
accusative	skál	skálina	skálir	skálirnar
dative	skál	skálini	skálum	skálunum
genitive	skálar	skálarinnar	skála	skálanna

Interjection

skál

1. cheers (after the meaning of skál as drinking glass)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skál, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skauːl/
• Rhymes: -auːl

Noun

skál f (genitive singular skálar, nominative plural (most meanings) skálar or (toast, landscape depression) skálir)

1. bowl
2. depression (in a landscape)
3. cup (of a bra)
4. toast (salute performed when drinking)

   Synonym: minni

5. (automotive) brake drum

   Synonym: bremsuskál

6. (orthography) breve

Declension

Declension of skál (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skál	skálin	skálar1, skálir2	skálarnar1, skálirnar2
accusative	skál	skálina	skálar1, skálir2	skálarnar1, skálirnar2
dative	skál	skálinni	skálum	skálunum
genitive	skálar	skálarinnar	skála	skálanna

¹Most meanings.
²Toast, landscape depression.

Interjection

skál!

1. cheers!

See also

• skála

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skēlō, related to *skaljō (“husk, shell”).

Noun

skál f

1. bowl
2. scale

Descendants

• Icelandic: skál
• Faroese: skál
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skål; (dialectal) skaul
• Norwegian Bokmål: skål
• Swedish: skål
• Danish: skål
• English: skol

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skál”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive