negl

Danish

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-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛkl/

Noun

negl f (genitive singular neglar, plural neglir)

1. fingernail

Declension

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

• naglur

Norwegian Bokmål

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negl

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næɪl/

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) a nail

Derived terms

• fingernegl
• neglebitende
• neglelakk
• tånegl

References

• “negl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nëkla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Noun

negl

1. needle (tool)
2. conifer needle

Declension

Inflection of negl (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	negl
genitive sing.	neglan
partitive sing.	neglad
partitive plur.	negloid
	singular	plural
nominative	negl	neglad
accusative	neglan	neglad
genitive	neglan	negloiden
partitive	neglad	negloid
essive-instructive	neglan	negloin
translative	neglaks	negloikš
inessive	neglas	negloiš
elative	neglaspäi	negloišpäi
illative	neglaha neglha	negloihe
adessive	neglal	negloil
ablative	neglalpäi	negloilpäi
allative	neglale	negloile
abessive	neglata	negloita
comitative	neglanke	negloidenke
prolative	negladme	negloidme
approximative I	neglanno	negloidenno
approximative II	neglannoks	negloidennoks
egressive	neglannopäi	negloidennopäi
terminative I	neglahasai neglhasai	negloihesai
terminative II	neglalesai	negloilesai
terminative III	neglassai	—
additive I	neglahapäi neglhapäi	negloihepäi
additive II	neglalepäi	negloilepäi