mjalli
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
| m-w1 | 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