mállýska

Icelandic

Alternative forms
  • mállýzka (former standard spelling)

Etymology

From mál (“language, speech”) +‎ lýska (“habit, custom”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaul.liska/

Noun

mállýska f (genitive singular mállýsku, nominative plural mállýskur)

  1. dialect

Declension
declension of mállýska
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mállýska mállýskan mállýskur mállýskurnar
accusative mállýsku mállýskuna mállýskur mállýskurnar
dative mállýsku mállýskunni mállýskum mállýskunum
genitive mállýsku mállýskunnar mállýskna mállýsknanna

Derived terms
  • einkamállýska (idiolect)
  • stéttamállýska (sociolect)
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