tagl

Faroese

Noun

tagl n (genitive singular tagls, uncountable)

1. tail (of a horse or cow)

Declension

Declension of tagl (singular only)
n5s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tagl	taglið
accusative	tagl	taglið
dative	tagli	taglinum
genitive	tagls	taglsins

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Gothic

Romanization

tagl

1. Romanization of 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰakl/

  Rhymes: -akl

Noun

tagl n (genitive singular tagls, nominative plural tögl)

1. (of a horse) tail
2. (hairdo) ponytail
3. rope
4. a low jutting slope at the foot of a mountain, edge of a lava field, etc.

Declension

declension of tagl

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tagl	taglið	tögl	töglin
accusative	tagl	taglið	tögl	töglin
dative	tagli	taglinu	töglum	töglunum
genitive	tagls	taglsins	tagla	taglanna

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taglą, whence also English tail.

Noun

tagl n

1. (anatomy) tail (of a horse)

Declension

  Declension of tagl (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tagl	taglit	tǫgl	tǫglin
accusative	tagl	taglit	tǫgl	tǫglin
dative	tagli	taglinu	tǫglum	tǫglunum
genitive	tagls	taglsins	tagla	taglanna

Descendants

• Faroese: tagl
• Icelandic: tagl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tagl
• Norwegian Bokmål: tagl

References

• “tagl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press