staðall

Icelandic

Etymology

From staða (“position, stand”) +‎ -all. Coined by Ólafur M. Ólafsson in 1955.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstaːðatl/
    Rhymes: -aːðatl

Noun

staðall m (genitive singular staðals, nominative plural staðlar)

  1. standard

Declension
declension of staðall
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative staðall staðallinn staðlar staðlarnir
accusative staðal staðalinn staðla staðlana
dative staðli staðlinum stöðlum stöðlunum
genitive staðals staðalsins staðla staðlanna

Derived terms

References
  • Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎, Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43
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