skál

See also: Appendix:Variations of "skal"

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse skál (“bowl”), from Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔaːl/

Noun

skál f (genitive singular skálar, plural skálir)

  1. bowl
  2. drinking glass, tumbler
  3. weighing scale
  4. Libra

Declension

f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skál skálin skálir skálirnar
accusative skál skálina skálir skálirnar
dative skál skálini skálum skálunum
genitive skálar skálarinnar skála skálanna

References

  1. ^ Skaal in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 727)

Interjection

skál

  1. cheers (after the meaning of skál as drinking glass)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skál, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skauːl/
  • Rhymes: -auːl

Noun

skál f (genitive singular skálar, nominative plural (most meanings) skálar or (toast, landscape depression) skálir)

  1. bowl
  2. depression (in a landscape)
  3. cup (of a bra)
  4. toast (salute performed when drinking)
    Synonym: minni
  5. (automotive) brake drum
    Synonym: bremsuskál
  6. (orthography) breve

Declension

Declension of skál (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skál skálin skálar1, skálir2 skálarnar1, skálirnar2
accusative skál skálina skálar1, skálir2 skálarnar1, skálirnar2
dative skál skálinni skálum skálunum
genitive skálar skálarinnar skála skálanna

1Most meanings.
2Toast, landscape depression.

Interjection

skál!

  1. cheers!

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skēlō, related to *skaljō (“husk, shell”).

Noun

skál f

  1. bowl
  2. scale

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skál
  • Faroese: skál
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skål; (dialectal) skaul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skål
  • Swedish: skål
  • Danish: skål
  • English: skol

Further reading

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