From Faroese tjaldur (“oystercatcher”). At one point in time, marijuana was imported to Denmark from the same quay as the Faroese passenger ship Tjaldur docked. Hence the birth of the slang term.
tjald c (singular definite tjalden, not used in plural form)
gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tjald | tjald |
| genitive | tjalds | tjalds |
From Old Norse tjald, from Proto-Germanic *teldą.
tjald n (genitive singular tjald, plural tjøld)
| Declension of tjald | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n5 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tjald | tjaldið | tjøld | tjøldini |
| accusative | tjald | tjaldið | tjøld | tjøldini |
| dative | tjaldi | tjaldinum | tjøldum | tjøldunum |
| genitive | tjalds | tjaldsins | tjalda | tjaldanna |
From Old Norse tjald, from Proto-Germanic *teldą.
tjald n (genitive singular tjalds, nominative plural tjöld)
| Declension of tjald | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tjald | tjaldið | tjöld | tjöldin |
| accusative | tjald | tjaldið | tjöld | tjöldin |
| dative | tjaldi | tjaldinu | tjöldum | tjöldunum |
| genitive | tjalds | tjaldsins | tjalda | tjaldanna |