mjöl

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjœːl/
  • Rhymes: -œːl

Noun

mjöl n (genitive singular mjöls, no plural)

  1. (dated) flour

Declension

Declension of mjöl (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative mjöl mjölið
accusative mjöl mjölið
dative mjöli, mjölvi1 mjölinu, mjölvinu1
genitive mjöls mjölsins

1Archaic/obsolete.

Derived terms

  • byggmjöl (“barley flour”)
  • fiskimjöl (“fishmeal”)
  • haframjöl (“rolled oats, oatmeal”)
  • hrísmjöl (“rice flour”)
  • hveitimjöl (“wheat flour”)
  • kartöflumjöl (“potato flour”)
  • kókosmjöl (“coconut flour”)
  • maísmjöl (“corn flour”)
  • mjölvi
  • rúgmjöl (“rye flour”)
  • síldarmjöl (“herring meal”)
  • þangmjöl (“seaweed flour”)

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “mjöl”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “mjöl” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish miøl, from Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Germanic *melwą, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mjöl n (countable and uncountable)

  1. flour; ground or milled grain or cereal, in particular of wheat
  2. in general, a flour-like very fine powder

Declension

Declension of mjöl
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mjöl mjöls
definite mjölet mjölets
plural indefinite mjöl mjöls
definite mjölen mjölens

Derived terms

See also

References

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