gamal
See also: gåmål
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gámal (intensified gamalon, Basahan spelling ᜄᜋᜎ᜔)
Noun edit
gámal (Basahan spelling ᜄᜋᜎ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gamal (comparative eldri, superlative elstur)
- old
- Hvussu gomul er mamma tín? — Hon er níggju og fjøruti ára gomul.
- How old is your mom? — She's forty-nine years old.
- Hvussu gamal ert tú?
Declension edit
gamal a33 | |||
Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
Nominative (hvørfall) | gamal | gomul | gamalt |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | gamlan | gamla | |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | gomlum | gamlari | gomlum |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (gamals) | (gamlar) | (gamls) |
Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
Nominative (hvørfall) | gamlir | gamlar | gomul |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | gamlar | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | gomlum | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (gamla) |
Antonyms edit
Further reading edit
- Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 72
- "gamal" at Sprotin.fo
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably from a variant of English gomeral.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gamal m (genitive singular gamail, nominative plural gamail)
- (derogatory) fool, simpleton, goose (silly person), gull (one easily cheated, dupe)
Declension edit
Declension of gamal
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gamal | ghamal | ngamal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “gamal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gamal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 350
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gamall; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gamal (masculine and feminine gamal, neuter gamalt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)
- old (having existed for a relatively long period of time)
- Dette huset er gamalt.
- This house is old.
- old (having existed or lived for the specified time)
- Kor gamle er dei?
- How old are they?
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gamal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz.
Adjective edit
gamal
Declension edit
Declension of gamal (strong)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gamal | gamul | gamalt |
accusative | gamblan | gambla | gamalt |
dative | gamblum gamblom |
gambli gambli |
gamblu gamblo |
genitive | gamals | gamblar | gamals |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gamblir gambler |
gamblar | gamul |
accusative | gambla | gamblar | gamul |
dative | gamblum gamblom |
gamblum gamblom |
gamblum gamblom |
genitive | gambla gambla |
gambla gambla |
gambla gambla |
Declension of gamal (weak)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | gambli gamble |
gambla | gambla |
accusative | gambla | gamblu gamblo |
gambla |
dative | gambla | gamblu gamblo |
gambla |
genitive | gambla | gamblu gamblo |
gambla |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
accusative | gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
dative | gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
genitive | gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
gamblu gamblo |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: gammal