pallur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse pallr (bench, platform), from Middle Low German palle (ship's deck), likely ultimately of non-Germanic origin and rather borrowed from Latin palus (stipes, stake, post) (compare English paling).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰatlʊɹ]

Noun

pallur m (genitive singular pals, plural pallar)

  1. bank, seat
  2. stage
    hon fór á pallin
    she entered the stage
  3. platform

Declension

m10 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pallur pallurin pallar pallarnir
accusative pall pallin pøaur pøaurnar
dative palli pallinum pøllum, pallum pøllunum, pallunum
genitive pals palsins palla pallanna

References

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse pallr (bench, platform), from Middle Low German palle (ship's deck), likely ultimately of non-Germanic origin and rather borrowed from Latin palus (stipes, stake, post) (compare English paling).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰatlʏr/
  • Rhymes: -atlʏr

Noun

pallur m (genitive singular palls, nominative plural pallar)

  1. platform, dais
  2. veranda, porch
  3. bench (raised seating platform, e.g. in a lecture hall, stadium, etc.)

Declension

Declension of pallur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pallur pallurinn pallar pallarnir
accusative pall pallinn palla pallana
dative palli pallinum pöllum pöllunum
genitive palls pallsins palla pallanna

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