sálmur

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse salmr, psalmr, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sálmur m (genitive singular sálms, plural sálmar)

  1. psalm
  2. chant

Declension

Declension of sálmur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sálmur sálmurin sálmar sálmarnir
accusative sálm sálmin sálmar sálmarnar
dative sálmi sálminum sálmum sálmunum
genitive sálms sálmsins sálma sálmanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse salmr, psalmr, from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sálmur m (genitive singular sálms, nominative plural sálmar)

  1. psalm
  2. hymn

Declension

    Declension of sálmur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sálmur sálmurinn sálmar sálmarnir
accusative sálm sálminn sálma sálmana
dative sálmi sálminum sálmum sálmunum
genitive sálms sálmsins sálma sálmanna
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