skarlak

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skarlak, which came via Middle Low German [Term?] from Medieval Latin scarlatum, originally from Persian سقرلاط (saqirlāt, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط (siqillāt, “scarlet cloth”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɻɭak/

Noun

skarlak n (genitive singular skarlaks, uncountable)

1. scarlet

Declension

Declension of skarlak (singular only)
n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	skarlak	skarlakið
accusative	skarlak	skarlakið
dative	skarlaki	skarlakinum
genitive	skarlaks	skarlaksins

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Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German [Term?], from Medieval Latin scarlatum, originally from Persian سقرلاط (saqirlāt, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط (siqillāt, “scarlet cloth”), of unknown origin.

Noun

skarlak n

1. scarlet