mál
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.
Noun edit
mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)
Declension edit
| Declension of mál | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| accusative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| dative | máli | málinum | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Derived terms edit
- endamál
- vandamál
- loyndarmál
- fiskivinnumál
- fíggjarmál
- skattamál
- rættarmál
- bergmál
- tungumál
- talumál
- skriftmál
- bundið mál
- óbundið mál
- málsgrein
- mállæra
- málnevnd
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun edit
mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)
Declension edit
| Declension of mál | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| accusative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| dative | máli | málinum | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Derived terms edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.
Noun edit
mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (language): tunga, tungumál, (chiefly archaic) sprok
- (speech): málfar, tungutak, mæli
- (measurement): mæling
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun edit
mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)
- measurements, a size, dimensions
- a system of measurement
- the appropriate time for something
- Er ekki mál að fara?
- Isn't it time to go?
- a meal, mealtime
Declension edit
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Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *maþlą, whence also Old Saxon mahal, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl).
Noun edit
mál n
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- bragarmál (“contraction of unstressed words”, literally “poetic speech”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: mál
- Faroese: mál
- Norwegian Bokmål: mål
- Old Swedish: māl
- Swedish: mål
- Danish: mål
- → Old English: māl (“speech, contract, agreement”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure, time, occasion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Old English mǣl, Old Frisian mēl, Old Saxon māl, Old High German māl, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “time, hour”).
Noun edit
mál n (genitive máls, plural mál)
- measurement, size
- season; a quarter of a year
- c. 1180, Rímbegla:
- í misseri eru mál tvau, í máli eru mánuðr þrír
- in a half-year there are two seasons, in a seasons there are three months
- time
- mál es at eta
- it is time to eat
- (Low German influence) meal, mealtime
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Etymology 3 edit
From the same Germanic source as Old Saxon māl and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl), probably Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, used by Ulfilas to translate Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) and γράμμα (grámma). Related to Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (mēljan) (translating Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “draw, write”)) and German malen (“to paint”).
Noun edit
mál n