baðmull

Icelandic

Etymology

Root-for-root calque of Danish bomuld (“cotton”), from German Baumwolle (“cotton”). Composed of baðmur (“tree”) +‎ ull (“wool”).

A doublet of bómull (“cotton”), an older loanword that also comes from Danish bomuld.

Noun

baðmull f (genitive singular baðmullar, no plural)

(higher register) cotton
Synonym: bómull

Declension

declension of baðmull

	indefinite	definite
f-s1	singular
nominative	baðmull	baðmullin
accusative	baðmull	baðmullina
dative	baðmull	baðmullinni
genitive	baðmullar	baðmullarinnar

Further reading

“baðmull” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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