póll

See also: poll, Poll, põll, and Pöll

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish pol, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰoutl/
• Rhymes: -outl

Noun

póll m (genitive singular póls, nominative plural pólar)

1. pole (the northern and southern ends of the earth's rotational axis; North Pole and South Pole)
2. pole (extreme point of an axis)
3. pole (one of two opposing forces or parts)

Declension

declension of póll

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	póll	póllinn	pólar	pólarnir
accusative	pól	pólinn	póla	pólana
dative	pól	pólnum	pólum	pólunum
genitive	póls	pólsins	póla	pólanna

Further reading

• “póll” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)