skáli

See also: skali and skaļi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skáli (“barn, drinking hall”), from Proto-Norse *skawalan-, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål skåle (“shed”).[1] May ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskauːlɪ/
    Rhymes: -auːlɪ

Noun

skáli m (genitive singular skála, nominative plural skálar)

  1. hut, shed
  2. lodge
  3. hall

Declension

Declension of skáli (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skáli skálinn skálar skálarnir
accusative skála skálann skála skálana
dative skála skálanum skálum skálunum
genitive skála skálans skála skálanna

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 827 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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