negl

Danish
negl

Etymology

From Old Norse nagl (“nail”), from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /najl/, [nɑjˀl]

Noun

negl c (singular definite neglen, plural indefinite negle)

  1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Inflection
Declension of negl
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative negl neglen negle neglene
genitive negls neglens negles neglenes

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nagl (“nail”), from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

Noun

negl f (genitive singular neglar, plural neglir)

  1. fingernail

Declension
Declension of negl
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative negl neglin neglir neglirnar
accusative negl neglina neglir neglirnar
dative negl neglini neglum neglunum
genitive neglar neglarinnar negla neglanna

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nagl (“nail”), from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

Noun

negl m (definite singular neglen, indefinite plural negler, definite plural neglene)

  1. (anatomy) a nail

Derived terms

See also

References

Veps

Etymology

Related to Estonian nõel, Finnish neula, Ingrian neegla, Karelian nielgu and Votic nõgla.

Noun

negl

  1. needle
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