hjallur

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Faroese

FWOTD – 21 February 2014

Etymology

From Old Norse hjallr, from Proto-Germanic *helþaz (“outhouse, shed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hjallur m (genitive singular hjals, plural hjallar)

  1. outhouse for drying and storing (two sides being made of laths, so that the wind can blow through)[1]

Declension

m10 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hjallur hjallurin hjallar hjallarnir
Accusative hjall hjallin hjallar hjallarnar
Dative hjalli hjallinum hjøllum/
hjallum 		hjøllunum/
hjallunum
Genitive hjals hjalsins hjalla hjallanna


References

  1. ^ W. B. Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, 3rd printing 1977 (p. 216)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjallr, from Proto-Germanic *helþaz (“outhouse, shed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hjallur m (genitive singular hjalls, nominative plural hjallar)

  1. shed for drying fish

Declension

    Declension of hjallur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjallur hjallurinn hjallar hjallarnir
accusative hjall hjallinn hjalla hjallana
dative hjalli hjallinum hjöllum hjöllunum
genitive hjalls hjallsins hjalla hjallanna
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