kjallari

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Faroese

The white part of this house is the kjallari, the basement.

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin cellārium, through late Old Norse kellari (and Middle Low German keller). Compare Swedish källare, Norwegian kjeller, Icelandic kjallari.

Pronunciation

Noun

kjallari m (genitive singular kjallara, plural kjallarar)

  1. cellar, basement (lowest floor of a house. In the Faroe Islands often above the ground)

Declension

m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjallari kjallarin kjallarar kjallararnir
accusative kjallara kjallaran kjallarar kjallararnar
dative kjallara kjallaranum kjallarum kjallarunum
genitive kjallara kjallarans kjallara kjallaranna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin cellārium, through late Old Norse kellari (and Middle Low German keller). Compare Faroese kjallari, Swedish källare, Norwegian kjeller.

Pronunciation

Noun

kjallari m (genitive singular kjallara, nominative plural kjallarar)

  1. cellar, basement (lowest floor of a house)

Declension

Declension of kjallari (masculine, based on -ari)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjallari kjallarinn kjallarar kjallararnir
accusative kjallara kjallarann kjallara kjallarana
dative kjallara kjallaranum kjöllurum kjöllurunum
genitive kjallara kjallarans kjallara kjallaranna

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