mjalli

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjalli (“whiteness”), from mjöll.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmjatlɪ/
Rhymes: -atlɪ

Noun

mjalli m (genitive singular mjalla, no plural)

whiteness

Usage notes

Almost exclusively used in the dative form mjalla in the idiom vera ekki með öllum mjalla (“to be out of one's mind”); to be not "in one's whole whiteness".

Declension

Declension of mjalli (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mjalli	mjallinn
accusative	mjalla	mjallann
dative	mjalla	mjallanum
genitive	mjalla	mjallans

Derived terms

vera ekki með öllum mjalla, ekki með öllum mjalla (“to be not all there, to be out of one's mind, to be not in one's senses, to be insane, to have mental problems”)

Related terms

mjöll

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