mjalli

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjalli (“whiteness”), from mjöll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmjatlɪ/
  • Rhymes: -atlɪ

Noun

mjalli m (genitive singular mjalla, no plural)

  1. whiteness

Usage notes

  • Almost exclusively used in the dative form mjalla in the idiom vera ekki með öllum mjalla (“to be out of one's mind”); to be not "in one's whole whiteness".

Declension

Declension of mjalli (sg-only masculine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative mjalli mjallinn
accusative mjalla mjallann
dative mjalla mjallanum
genitive mjalla mjallans

Derived terms

  • vera ekki með öllum mjalla, ekki með öllum mjalla (“to be not all there, to be out of one's mind, to be not in one's senses, to be insane, to have mental problems”)
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