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

Declension of skál
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 skálar)

1. bowl
2. the act of performing a toast
3. (orthography) breve

Declension

declension of skál

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skál	skálin	skálar	skálarnar
accusative	skál	skálina	skálar	skálarnar
dative	skál	skálinni	skálum	skálunum
genitive	skálar	skálarinnar	skála	skálanna

or, for the meaning “toast”, or sometimes in older language for other senses:

declension of skál

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skál	skálin	skálir	skálirnar
accusative	skál	skálina	skálir	skálirnar
dative	skál	skálinni	skálum	skálunum
genitive	skálar	skálarinnar	skála	skálanna

Synonyms

• (performing toast): minni

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

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press