Faroese

Noun

mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)

1. language
2. speech
3. talk
4. matter
5. (law) cause

Declension

Derived terms

• endamál
• vandamál
• loyndarmál
• fiskivinnumál
• fíggjarmál
• skattamál
• rættarmál
• bergmál
• tungumál
• talumál
• skriftmál
• bundið mál
• óbundið mál
• málsgrein
• mállæra
• málnevnd

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- ‎(“to measure”).

Noun

mál n (genitive singular máls, plural mál)

1. measurement, size

Declension

Derived terms

• ummál

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mauːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.

Noun

mál n ‎(genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)

1. language
2. speech
3. matter, affair
4. (law) cause
5. (informal) a big deal

Declension

Synonyms

• (language): tunga, tungumál, (chiefly archaic) sprok
• (speech): málfar, tungutak, mæli
• (measurement): mæling

Derived terms

• barnamál
• ekkert mál

  ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál

• gælumál
• áhugamál
• forritunarmál
• smalamál
• tungumál

Related terms

• mæla

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- ‎(“to measure”).

Noun

mál n ‎(genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)

1. measurements, a size, dimensions
2. a system of measurement
3. the appropriate time for something

   Er ekki mál að fara?

   Isn't it time to go?

4. a meal, mealtime

Synonyms

• (system of measurement): mælikerfi
• (meal): máltíð

Declension

Derived terms

• taka mál, taka mál af
• mál til komið
• vera mál
• milli mála

Related terms

• mæla

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *maþlą, whence also Old Saxon mahal, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 ‎(maþl).

Noun

mál n

1. language
2. speech
3. matter, affair
4. (law) cause

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mēlą ‎(“measure, time, occassion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- ‎(“to measure”). Cognate with Old English mǣl, Old Frisian mēl, Old Saxon māl, Old High German māl, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 ‎(mēl, “time, hour”).

Noun

mál n (genitive máls, plural mál)

1. measurement, size
2. time
3. meal, mealtime

Declension

Descendants

Etymology 3

From the same Germanic source as Old Saxon māl and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 ‎(mēl), used by Ulfilas to translate Ancient Greek γραφή ‎(graphḗ) and γράμμα ‎(grámma). Related to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(maljan) (translating γράφω ‎(gráphō, “draw, write”)) and German malen ‎(“to paint”).

Noun

mál n

1. a work of art inlaid in metal, especially on weapons