muskatt

Faroese

Etymology

From German Muskat, from Old French noix muscat, from Medieval Latin muscata (“nutmeg”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos, “musk”), from Middle Persian *mušk; ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.

Noun

muskatt n (genitive singular muskats, uncountable)

1. nutmeg

Declension

n9s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	muskatt	muskattið
Accusative	muskatt	muskattið
Dative	muskatti	muskattinum
Genitive	muskats	muskatsins