mjalli

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjalli (“whiteness”), from mjöll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjatlɪ/
• Rhymes: -atlɪ

Noun

mjalli m (genitive singular mjalla, no plural)

1. whiteness

Usage notes

• Almost exclusively used in the dative form mjalla in the idiom vera ekki með öllum mjalla (“to be out of one's mind”); to be not "in one's whole whiteness".

Declension

declension of mjalli

m-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjalli	mjallinn
accusative	mjalla	mjallann
dative	mjalla	mjallanum
genitive	mjalla	mjallans

Derived terms

• vera ekki með öllum mjalla, ekki með öllum mjalla (to be not all there, to be out of one's mind, to be not in one's senses, to be insane, to have mental problems)

Related terms

• mjöll