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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjall n (genitive singular fjals, plural fjøll)
- mountain
Declension
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Definite
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| Nominative
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fjall
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fjallið
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fjøll
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fjøllini
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| Accusative
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fjall
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fjallið
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fjøll
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fjøllini
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| Dative
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fjalli
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fjallinum
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fjøllum
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fjøllunum
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| Genitive
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fjals
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fjalsins
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fjalla
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fjallanna
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjall n (genitive singular fjalls, nominative plural fjöll)
- mountain
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
- Elds er þörf
- þeim er inn er kominn
- og á kné kalinn.
- Matar og voða
- er manni þörf,
- þeim er hefir um fjall farið.
- Fire he needs
- who with frozen knees
- Has come from the cold without;
- Food and clothes
- must the farer have,
- The man from the mountains come.
Declension
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.
Pronunciation
Noun
fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)
- mountain
Declension
Declension of fjall (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “fjall”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press