sål

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sal"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sóli, from Middle Low German sole, from Latin sola, a plural form of solum (“ground, soil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːl/, [sɔːˀl]
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

sål c (singular definite sålen, plural indefinite såler)

1. sole (bottom of a shoe or boot, bottom of the foot)

Inflection

Declension of sål

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sål	sålen	såler	sålerne
genitive	såls	sålens	sålers	sålernes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

sål f (definite singular såla, indefinite plural såler, definite plural sålene)

1. Synonym of sjel (“soul”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse sálugr

Noun

sål n (definite singular sålet, indefinite plural sål, definite plural såla)
sål f (definite singular såla, indefinite plural såler, definite plural sålene)

1. poor soul, poor thing

   Synonym: stakkar

References

• “sål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.