mál
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔɑːl/
- Rhymes: -ɔɑːl
- Rhymes: -ɔaːl
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.
Noun
mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)
- language
- speech
- talk
- matter
- (law) cause
Declension
| Declension of mál | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| accusative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| dative | máli | málinum | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Derived terms
- endamál
- vandamál
- loyndarmál
- fiskivinnumál
- fíggjarmál
- skattamál
- rættarmál
- bergmál
- tungumál
- talumál
- skriftmál
- bundið mál
- óbundið mál
- málsgrein
- mállæra
- málnevnd
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun
mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)
- measurement, size
Declension
| Declension of mál | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| accusative | mál | málið | mál | málini |
| dative | máli | málinum | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Derived terms
- ummál
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mauːl/
- Rhymes: -auːl
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.
Noun
mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)
- language
- speech
- matter, affair
- (law) cause
- (informal) a big deal
Declension
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málið | mál | málin |
| accusative | mál | málið | mál | málin |
| dative | máli | málinu | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Synonyms
- (language): tunga, tungumál, (chiefly archaic) sprok
- (speech): málfar, tungutak, mæli
- (measurement): mæling
Derived terms
- barnamál
- ekkert mál
- ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál
- gælumál
- áhugamál
- forritunarmál
- smalamál
- tungumál
Related terms
- mæla
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun
mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)
- measurements, a size, dimensions
- a system of measurement
- the appropriate time for something
- Er ekki mál að fara?
- Isn't it time to go?
- Er ekki mál að fara?
- a meal, mealtime
Declension
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málið | mál | málin |
| accusative | mál | málið | mál | málin |
| dative | máli | málinu | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Synonyms
- (system of measurement): mælikerfi
- (meal): máltíð
Derived terms
- taka mál, taka mál af
- mál til komið
- vera mál
- milli mála
Related terms
- mæla
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *maþlą, whence also Old Saxon mahal, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl).
Noun
mál n
- language
- speech
- matter, affair
- (law) cause
Descendants
- Danish: mål n
- Faroese: mál n
- Icelandic: mál n
- Norwegian Bokmål: mål n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mål n
- Swedish: mål n
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure, time, occassion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Old English mǣl, Old Frisian mēl, Old Saxon māl, Old High German māl, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “time, hour”).
Noun
mál n (genitive máls, plural mál)
- measurement, size
- time
- meal, mealtime
Declension
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málit | mál | málin |
| accusative | mál | málit | mál | málin |
| dative | máli | málinu | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
Descendants
- Danish: mål n
- Faroese: mál n
- Icelandic: mál n
- Norwegian Bokmål: mål n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mål n
- Swedish: mål n
Etymology 3
From the same Germanic source as Old Saxon māl and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl), used by Ulfilas to translate Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) and γράμμα (grámma). Related to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maljan) (translating Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “draw, write”)) and German malen (“to paint”).
Noun
mál n
- a work of art inlaid in metal, especially on weapons