háll

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See also: hall, håll, häll, Hall, and Häll

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse háll, from Proto-Germanic *hēlaz (“slippery, deceitful”), related to Middle Low German hāl (“hidden”) and Old High German hāli (“smooth, slippery, weak”). Further etymology unsure:

  • or from *kelH- (“to incline”).

Possible cognates in Icelandic are héla (“hoarfrost”) and hagl (“hail”).[2][1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

háll (comparative hálli or hálari, superlative hálastur)

  1. slippery
    Synonym: sleipur

Declension

positive forms of háll
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative háll hál hált
accusative hálan hála
dative hálum hálli hálu
genitive háls hállar háls
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hálir hálar hál
accusative hála
dative hálum
genitive hálla
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative háli hála hála
acc/dat/gen hála hálu
plural (all-case) hálu
comparative forms of háll
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) hálli, hálari hálli, hálari hálla, hálara
plural (all-case) hálli, hálari
superlative forms of háll
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hálastur hálust hálast
accusative hálastan hálasta
dative hálustum hálastri hálustu
genitive hálasts hálastrar hálasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hálastir hálastar hálust
accusative hálasta
dative hálustum
genitive hálastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hálasti hálasta hálasta
acc/dat/gen hálasta hálustu
plural (all-case) hálustu

Derived terms

  • hálka (“slipperiness; slippery ice, glaze”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hēli-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 218-9: “*hēla-”
  2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 416
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