fjall

See also: fjäll and Fjäll

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjatl/

Noun

fjall n (genitive singular fjals, plural fjøll)

  1. mountain

Declension

Declension of fjall (n10)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjall fjallið fjøll fjøllini
accusative fjall fjallið fjøll fjøllini
dative fjalli fjallinum fjøllum fjøllunum
genitive fjals fjalsins fjalla fjallanna

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjall, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjatl/
    Rhymes: -atl

Noun

fjall n (genitive singular fjalls, nominative plural fjöll)

  1. mountain
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
      Elds er þörf
      þeim er inn er kominn
      og á kné kalinn.
      Matar og voða
      er manni þörf,
      þeim er hefir um fjall farið.
      Fire he needs
      who with frozen knees
      Has come from the cold without;
      Food and clothes
      must the farer have,
      The man from the mountains come.

Declension

Declension of fjall (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjall fjallið fjöll fjöllin
accusative fjall fjallið fjöll fjöllin
dative fjalli fjallinu fjöllum fjöllunum
genitive fjalls fjallsins fjalla fjallanna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɑlː/

Noun

fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)

  1. mountain

Declension

Declension of fjall (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjall fjallit fjǫll fjǫllin
accusative fjall fjallit fjǫll fjǫllin
dative fjalli fjallinu fjǫllum fjǫllunum
genitive fjalls fjallsins fjalla fjallanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fjall, fell
  • Faroese: fjall
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell; (dialectal) fjall, fjadd, fjedl
  • Old Swedish: fiæl
  • Danish: fjeld
  • Middle English: fell, fel

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjall”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive