gamall
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgamall (comparative eldri, superlative elstur)
- old
- Colossians 3:9
- Ljúgið ekki hver að öðrum, því þér hafið afklæðst hinum gamla manni með gjörðum hans.
- Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices.
- Ljúgið ekki hver að öðrum, því þér hafið afklæðst hinum gamla manni með gjörðum hans.
- Hvað er mamma þín gömul? — Hún er fjörutíu og níu ára gömul.
- How old is your mom? — She's forty-nine years old.
- Hvað ertu gamall?
- Colossians 3:9
- old, ancient
Declension
edit positive (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gamall | gömul | gamalt |
accusative | gamlan | gamla | gamalt |
dative | gömlum | gamalli | gömlu |
genitive | gamals | gamallar | gamals |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gamlir | gamlar | gömul |
accusative | gamla | gamlar | gömul |
dative | gömlum | gömlum | gömlum |
genitive | gamalla | gamalla | gamalla |
positive (weak declension)
Derived terms
editSee also
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editAdjective
editgamall (masculine and feminine gamall, neuter gamalt, definite singular and plural gamle)
Old Norse
editEtymology
editThe positive form is from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz. The comparative and superlative forms are from Proto-Germanic *alþizô and *alþistaz respectively, comparison forms of the positive *aldaz (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, ultimately from the root *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Compare with English old – elder – eldest.
Adjective
editgamall (comparative ellri, superlative ellztr)
- old
- Hávamál, verse 135
- […] at hárum þul / hlæ þú aldregi,
oft er gótt, / þat er gamlir kveða; […]- […] at a grey-haired sage / never laugh,
often is good, / that which the old tell; […]
- […] at a grey-haired sage / never laugh,
- Hávamál, verse 135
- old, aged; of a certain age
- hve gamall maðr ertu ― how old art thou?
Inflection
editThis word has a suppletive inflection, using another root in the comparative and superlative forms, than in the positive form.
Strong declension of gamall
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gamall | gǫmul | gamalt |
accusative | gamlan | gamla | gamalt |
dative | gǫmlum | gamalli | gǫmlu |
genitive | gamals | gamallar | gamals |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gamlir | gamlar | gǫmul |
accusative | gamla | gamlar | gǫmul |
dative | gǫmlum | gǫmlum | gǫmlum |
genitive | gamalla | gamalla | gamalla |
Weak declension of gamall
Declension of comparative of gamall
Strong declension of superlative of gamall
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ellztr | ellzt | ellzt |
accusative | ellztan | ellzta | ellzt |
dative | ellztum | ellztri | ellztu |
genitive | ellzts | ellztrar | ellzts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | ellztir | ellztar | ellzt |
accusative | ellzta | ellztar | ellzt |
dative | ellztum | ellztum | ellztum |
genitive | ellztra | ellztra | ellztra |
Weak declension of superlative of gamall
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ellzti | ellzta | ellzta |
accusative | ellzta | ellztu | ellzta |
dative | ellzta | ellztu | ellzta |
genitive | ellzta | ellztu | ellzta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | ellztu | ellztu | ellztu |
accusative | ellztu | ellztu | ellztu |
dative | ellztum | ellztum | ellztum |
genitive | ellztu | ellztu | ellztu |
Descendants
editReferences
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːmatl
- Icelandic lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
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- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse lemmas
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