From gall (“gall”) + steinur (“stone”). Compare Danish galdesten, Norwegian Bokmål gallestein, Norwegian Nynorsk gallstein (or gallestein), Swedish gallsten and Icelandic gallsteinn.
gallsteinur m (genitive singular gallsteins, plural gallsteinar)
Declension of gallsteinur | ||||
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m6 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gallsteinur | gallsteinurin | gallsteinar | gallsteinarnir |
accusative | gallstein | gallsteinin | gallsteinar | gallsteinarnar |
dative | gallsteini | gallsteininum | gallsteinum | gallsteinunum |
genitive | gallsteins | gallsteinsins | gallsteina | gallsteinanna |