skáli

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See also: skali and skaļi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skáli (“barn, drinking hall”), from Proto-Norse *skawalan-, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål skåle (“shed”).[1] May ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Pronunciation

Noun

skáli m (genitive singular skála, nominative plural skálar)

  1. hut, shed
  2. lodge
  3. hall

Declension

Declension of skáli (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skáli skálinn skálar skálarnir
accusative skála skálann skála skálana
dative skála skálanum skálum skálunum
genitive skála skálans skála skálanna

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 827. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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