basl

See also: BASL

Icelandic

Etymology

Deverbal from basla (“to toil, to work hard; to live in poverty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pastl/
  • Rhymes: -astl

Noun

basl n (genitive singular basls, nominative plural bösl)

  1. toil, drudgery
    Synonyms: puð, baks, strit, erfiði, púl, streð
  2. poverty, destitution
    Synonyms: fátækt, örbirgð

Declension

Declension of basl (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative basl baslið bösl böslin
accusative basl baslið bösl böslin
dative basli baslinu böslum böslunum
genitive basls baslsins basla baslanna
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