Faroese

Alternative forms

• Skaal ^[1]

Noun

skál f (genitive singular skálar, plural skálir)

1. bowl
2. drinking glas, tumbler
3. weighing scale
4. Libra

Declension

References

1. ↑ Skaal in: Jens Christian Svabo: Dictionarium Færoense : Færøsk-dansk-latinsk ordbog. (ed. Christian Matras after manuscripts from late 18th century). Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1966. (p. 727)

Interjection

skál

1. cheers (after the meaning of skál as drinking glas)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skál, from Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skauːl/
• Rhymes: -auːl

Noun

skál f ‎(genitive singular skálar, nominative plural skálar)

1. bowl
2. the act of performing a toast

Declension

or, for the meaning “toast”, or sometimes in older language for other senses:

Synonyms

• (performing toast): minni

Interjection

skál!

1. cheers!

See also

• skála

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skēlō.

Noun

skál f

1. bowl
2. scale

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press