hjallur

Faroese
FWOTD – 21 February 2014

Etymology

From Old Norse hjallr, from Proto-Germanic *helþaz (“outhouse, shed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰatlʊɹ/

Noun

hjallur m (genitive singular hjals, plural hjallar)

  1. outhouse for drying and storing (two sides being made of laths, so that the wind can blow through)[1]

Declension
m10 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hjallur hjallurin hjallar hjallarnir
Accusative hjall hjallin hjallar hjallarnar
Dative hjalli hjallinum hjøllum/
hjallum		 hjøllunum/
hjallunum
Genitive hjals hjalsins hjalla hjallanna

References
  1. W. B. Lockwood: An Introduction to Modern Faroese. Tórshavn: Føroya Skúlabókagrunnur, 3rd printing 1977 (p. 216)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjallr, from Proto-Germanic *helþaz (“outhouse, shed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈçatlʏr/
  • Rhymes: -atlʏr

Noun

hjallur m (genitive singular hjalls, nominative plural hjallar)

  1. shed for drying fish

Declension
declension of hjallur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjallur hjallurinn hjallar hjallarnir
accusative hjall hjallinn hjalla hjallana
dative hjalli hjallinum hjöllum hjöllunum
genitive hjalls hjallsins hjalla hjallanna
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