núll

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See also: null, Null, and null'

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : núll

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish nul (nobody), from Italian nullo (no, not any; null) or French nul (no, no one), from Middle French nul (nobody; no one), from Old French nul (nobody; no one), both from Latin nūllus (no one, none, not any), from Proto-Italic *ne oinolos, from Proto-Italic *oinos (one), from Proto-Indo-European *óynos, perhaps from *éy (he, she, it) + *-nós (creates verbal adjectives).

Pronunciation

Noun

núll n (genitive singular núlls, nominative plural núll)

  1. zero
    • 2004, Gunnar Dal, Þriðja árþúsundið: Framtíð manns og heims, page 58:
      Þeir menn virðast fara með sterk rök sem segja að núlliðnúll og núllið sé ekki tala og núllið sé ekki neitt stærðfræðilega séð.
      The men seem to come with good arguments that said that the zero is nothing and the zero is not a number and the zero is to be seen as nothing mathematical.

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References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal MagnússonÍslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 676. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)