háll
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse háll, from Proto-Germanic *hēlaz (“slippery, deceitful”), related to Middle Low German hāl (“hidden”) and Old High German hāli (“smooth, slippery, weak”). Further etymology unsure:
- Maybe from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱel- (“to hide”) (compare Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, hide”)),
- or from *kelH- (“to incline”).
Possible cognates in Icelandic are héla (“hoarfrost”) and hagl (“hail”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editháll (comparative hálli or hálari, superlative hálastur)
Declension
edit positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hálastur | hálust | hálast |
accusative | hálastan | hálasta | hálast |
dative | hálustum | hálastri | hálustu |
genitive | hálasts | hálastrar | hálasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hálastir | hálastar | hálust |
accusative | hálasta | hálastar | hálust |
dative | hálustum | hálustum | hálustum |
genitive | hálastra | hálastra | hálastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hálasti | hálasta | hálasta |
accusative | hálasta | hálustu | hálasta |
dative | hálasta | hálustu | hálasta |
genitive | hálasta | hálustu | hálasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hálustu | hálustu | hálustu |
accusative | hálustu | hálustu | hálustu |
dative | hálustu | hálustu | hálustu |
genitive | hálustu | hálustu | hálustu |
Derived terms
edit- hálka (“slipperiness; slippery ice, glaze”)
References
edit- ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 416
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Hēli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/autl
- Rhymes:Icelandic/autl/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
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