"mál" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /mauːl/
Rhymes: -auːl Etymology: From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą. Etymology templates: {{der|is|non|mál}} Old Norse mál, {{der|is|gem-pro|*maþlą}} Proto-Germanic *maþlą Head templates: {{head|is|nouns|genitive singular|máls|||||||nominative plural|mál|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=}} mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál), {{is-noun|n|máls|mál}} mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál) Forms: máls [genitive, singular], mál [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], mál [indefinite, nominative, singular], málið [definite, nominative, singular], mál [indefinite, nominative, plural], málin [definite, nominative, plural], mál [accusative, indefinite, singular], málið [accusative, definite, singular], mál [accusative, indefinite, plural], málin [accusative, definite, plural], máli [dative, indefinite, singular], málinu [dative, definite, singular], málum [dative, indefinite, plural], málunum [dative, definite, plural], máls [genitive, indefinite, singular], málsins [definite, genitive, singular], mála [genitive, indefinite, plural], málanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. language Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 40 0 11 6 1 18 1 6 17
  2. speech Tags: neuter Synonyms (speech): málfar, tungutak, mæli
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-BfthetVD Disambiguation of 'speech': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. matter, affair Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-eLexKACB
  4. (law) cause Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-an7x7Z8V Topics: law
  5. (informal) a big deal Tags: informal, neuter
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-Ny12XMZr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tunga [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], tungumál [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], sprok [archaic] [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Synonyms (measurement): mæling Derived forms: barnamál, gælumál, áhugamál, forritunarmál, ritmál, smalamál, tungumál, fara ekki á milli mála Derived forms (ekkert mál): ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál Related terms: mæla
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'measurement': 0 0 16 40 44 Disambiguation of 'ekkert mál': 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /mauːl/
Rhymes: -auːl Etymology: From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Etymology templates: {{der|is|non|mál}} Old Norse mál, {{der|is|gem-pro|*mēlą}} Proto-Germanic *mēlą, {{cog|en|meal}} English meal, {{der|is|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{head|is|nouns|genitive singular|máls|||||||nominative plural|mál|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=}} mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál), {{is-noun|n|máls|mál}} mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál) Forms: máls [genitive, singular], mál [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], mál [indefinite, nominative, singular], málið [definite, nominative, singular], mál [indefinite, nominative, plural], málin [definite, nominative, plural], mál [accusative, indefinite, singular], málið [accusative, definite, singular], mál [accusative, indefinite, plural], málin [accusative, definite, plural], máli [dative, indefinite, singular], málinu [dative, definite, singular], málum [dative, indefinite, plural], málunum [dative, definite, plural], máls [genitive, indefinite, singular], málsins [definite, genitive, singular], mála [genitive, indefinite, plural], málanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. measurements, a size, dimensions Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-0cGfKzVn
  2. a system of measurement Tags: neuter Synonyms (system of measurement): mælikerfi
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-XF6YXtCv Disambiguation of 'system of measurement': 7 92 0 0
  3. the appropriate time for something Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-hnHCWdOu
  4. a meal, mealtime Tags: neuter Synonyms (meal): máltíð
    Sense id: en-mál-is-noun-IjaS3m-m Disambiguation of 'meal': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: taka mál, taka mál af, mál til komið, vera mál, milli mála, flatarmál Related terms: mæla
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "barnamál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gælumál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "áhugamál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forritunarmál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ritmál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "smalamál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tungumál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fara ekki á milli mála"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "sense": "ekkert mál",
      "word": "ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mál"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mál",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maþlą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maþlą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "máls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mála",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "mál",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "máls",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "máls",
        "3": "mál"
      },
      "expansion": "mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mæla"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 0 11 6 1 18 1 6 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-pO8wS6Qq",
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speech"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-BfthetVD",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "speech",
          "word": "málfar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "speech",
          "word": "tungutak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "speech",
          "word": "mæli"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "matter, affair"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-eLexKACB",
      "links": [
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "is:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cause"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-an7x7Z8V",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) cause"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a big deal"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-Ny12XMZr",
      "links": [
        [
          "big deal",
          "big deal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) a big deal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mauːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auːl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "tungumál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "sprok"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 16 40 44",
      "sense": "measurement",
      "word": "mæling"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mál"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taka mál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taka mál af"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mál til komið"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vera mál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "milli mála"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flatarmál"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mál"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mál",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mēlą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mēlą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "meal"
      },
      "expansion": "English meal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse mál, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, whence also English meal. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "máls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mála",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "mál",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "máls",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "máls",
        "3": "mál"
      },
      "expansion": "mál n (genitive singular máls, nominative plural mál)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mæla"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "measurements, a size, dimensions"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-0cGfKzVn",
      "links": [
        [
          "measurements",
          "measurements"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "dimensions",
          "dimensions"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a system of measurement"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-XF6YXtCv",
      "links": [
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 0 0",
          "sense": "system of measurement",
          "word": "mælikerfi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Isn't it time to go?",
          "text": "Er ekki mál að fara?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the appropriate time for something"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-hnHCWdOu",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a meal, mealtime"
      ],
      "id": "en-mál-is-noun-IjaS3m-m",
      "links": [
        [
          "meal",
          "meal"
        ],
        [
          "mealtime",
          "mealtime"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "sense": "meal",
          "word": "máltíð"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mauːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mál"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic countable nouns",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse neuter nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Germanic languages",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/auːl",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/auːl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "barnamál"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ekkert mál",
      "word": "ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál"
    },
    {
      "word": "gælumál"
    },
    {
      "word": "áhugamál"
    },
    {
      "word": "forritunarmál"
    },
    {
      "word": "ritmál"
    },
    {
      "word": "smalamál"
    },
    {
      "word": "tungumál"
    },
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      "word": "fara ekki á milli mála"
    }
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    },
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      "form": "máls",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "mál",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málið",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mál",
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        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mála",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málanna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "mæla"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
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        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speech"
      ],
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        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "matter, affair"
      ],
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        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "is:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cause"
      ],
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        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) cause"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a big deal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "big deal",
          "big deal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) a big deal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mauːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auːl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "tunga"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "tungumál"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "sprok"
    },
    {
      "sense": "speech",
      "word": "málfar"
    },
    {
      "sense": "speech",
      "word": "tungutak"
    },
    {
      "sense": "speech",
      "word": "mæli"
    },
    {
      "sense": "measurement",
      "word": "mæling"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mál"
}

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    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse neuter nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Germanic languages",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/auːl",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/auːl/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "taka mál"
    },
    {
      "word": "taka mál af"
    },
    {
      "word": "mál til komið"
    },
    {
      "word": "vera mál"
    },
    {
      "word": "milli mála"
    },
    {
      "word": "flatarmál"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "non",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mēlą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mēlą",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "meal"
      },
      "expansion": "English meal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "form": "máls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málið",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mál",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "indefinite",
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    },
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "máls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mála",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "málanna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "mæla"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "measurements, a size, dimensions"
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          "measurements",
          "measurements"
        ],
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          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "dimensions",
          "dimensions"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a system of measurement"
      ],
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        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Isn't it time to go?",
          "text": "Er ekki mál að fara?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the appropriate time for something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a meal, mealtime"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "mealtime",
          "mealtime"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mauːl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-auːl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "system of measurement",
      "word": "mælikerfi"
    },
    {
      "sense": "meal",
      "word": "máltíð"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mál"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mál meaning in Icelandic (8.9kB)

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