kjóll

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Icelandic

Kjóll á gínu (A dress on a mannequin).

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish kjole, contracted from kjortel, cognate to Icelandic kyrtill.

Pronunciation

Noun

kjóll m (genitive singular kjóls, nominative plural kjólar)

  1. a dress, a frock

Declension

    Declension of kjóll
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjóll kjóllinn kjólar kjólarnir
accusative kjól kjólinn kjóla kjólana
dative kjól kjólnum kjólum kjólunum
genitive kjóls kjólsins kjóla kjólanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *keulaz.

Noun

kjóll m (genitive kjóls, plural kjólar)

  1. (poetic, heiti) ship

Declension

Derived terms

  • arinkjóll (house, literally hearth-ship)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kjóll