narhval

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Norse nárhval, from Old Norse náhvalr, from nár (“corpse”) +‎ hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

narhval c (singular definite narhvalen, plural indefinite narhvaler)

1. narwhal

Declension

Declension of narhval

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	narhval	narhvalen	narhvaler	narhvalerne
genitive	narhvals	narhvalens	narhvalers	narhvalernes

Descendants

• → English: narwhal
• → Portuguese: narval
• → Spanish: narval
• → Turkish: narval

References

• “narhval” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• narkval

Etymology

From Danish narhval. Probably by metathesis from Old Norse náhvalr "corpse whale", based on nár (“corpse”) and hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

narhval m (definite singular narhvalen, indefinite plural narhvaler, definite plural narhvalene)

1. narwhal

References

• “narhval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.