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Icelandic
Etymology
Root-for-root calque of Danish bomuld (“cotton”), from German Baumwolle (“cotton”). Composed of baðmur (“tree”) + ull (“wool”).
A doublet of bómull (“cotton”), an older loanword that also comes from Danish bomuld.
Noun
baðmull f (genitive singular baðmullar, no plural)
- (higher register) cotton
- Synonym: bómull
Declension
Declension of
baðmull (
sg-only feminine, based on ull)
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