narval
See also: narvál
Catalan edit
Noun edit
narval m (plural narvals)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
narval m anim
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
narval
Further reading edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
narval m (plural narvals)
Paronyms edit
Further reading edit
- “narval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
narval m (plural narvais)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
narval m (plural narvali)
Declension edit
Declension of narval
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) narval | narvalul | (niște) narvali | narvalii |
genitive/dative | (unui) narval | narvalului | (unor) narvali | narvalilor |
vocative | narvalule | narvalilor |
Slovene edit
Noun edit
narval m
Further reading edit
- “narval”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
narval m (plural narvales)
Further reading edit
- “narval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Probably by metathesis from Old Norse náhvalr (“corpse whale”), based on nár (“corpse”) and hvalr (“whale”).
Noun edit
narval c
Declension edit
Declension of narval | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | narval | narvalen | narvalar | narvalarna |
Genitive | narvals | narvalens | narvalars | narvalarnas |