narhval
Danish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Norse nárhval, from Old Norse náhvalr, from nár (“corpse”) + hvalr (“whale”).
Noun
editnarhval c (singular definite narhvalen, plural indefinite narhvaler)
Declension
editDeclension of narhval
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | narhval | narhvalen | narhvaler | narhvalerne |
genitive | narhvals | narhvalens | narhvalers | narhvalernes |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “narhval” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Danish narhval. Probably by metathesis from Old Norse náhvalr "corpse whale", based on nár (“corpse”) and hvalr (“whale”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnarhval m (definite singular narhvalen, indefinite plural narhvaler, definite plural narhvalene)
References
edit- “narhval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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- Danish terms inherited from Old East Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old East Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns