fjall
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)
Declension
| 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
Related 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)
- 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.
- Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
Declension
| 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
- eldfjall (“volcano”)
- fjalllaus
- fjallganga
- koma af fjöllum
- Svartfjallaland
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjɑlː/
Noun
fjall n (genitive fjalls, plural fjǫll)
Declension
| 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
- fjǫllóttr (“mountainous”, adjective)
- Harvaðafjǫll (“Carpathian mountains”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: fjall, fell
- Faroese: fjall
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fjell; (dialectal) fjall, fjadd, fjedl
- Old Swedish: fiæl
- Swedish: fjäll
- Danish: fjeld
- Norwegian Bokmål: fjell
- → 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