gamal

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamal/ [ˈɡa.mal̪]
• Hyphenation: ga‧mal

gámal (intensified gamalon, Basahan spelling ᜄᜋᜎ᜔)

1. tame; docile

   Synonym: magaro

gámal (Basahan spelling ᜄᜋᜎ᜔)

1. tameness; docility

   Synonym: garo

From Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz.

• IPA^(key): [kɛaːmal]

gamal (comparative eldri, superlative elstur)

1. old

   Hvussu gomul er mamma tín? — Hon er níggju og fjøruti ára gomul.

   How old is your mom? — She's forty-nine years old.

   Hvussu gamal ert tú?

   How old are you?

• ungur

• Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 72
• "gamal" at Sprotin.fo

• amal

Probably from a variant of English gomeral.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈɡamˠəlˠ/

gamal m (genitive singular gamail, nominative plural gamail)

1. (derogatory) fool, simpleton, goose (silly person), gull (one easily cheated, dupe)

   Synonyms: amadán, pleota, pleidhce

• gamalach
• gamalachán
• gamalacht
• gamalóg

• “gamal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gamal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 350
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• gamall, gammal
• gåmål (dialectal)

From Old Norse gamall; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.

• IPA^(key): /²ɡɑːmɑl/

gamal (masculine and feminine gamal, neuter gamalt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)

1. old (having existed for a relatively long period of time)

   Dette huset er gamalt.

   This house is old.

2. old (having existed or lived for the specified time)

   Kor gamle er dei?

   How old are they?

• ung

• gamleby
• gamleheim

• “gamal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz.

gamal

1. old

• Swedish: gammal