kjallari

Faroese

The white part of this house is the kjallari, the basement.

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin cellārium, through late Old Norse kellari (and Middle Low German keller). Compare Swedish källare, Norwegian kjeller, Icelandic kjallari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʃʰatlaɹɪ]

Noun

kjallari m (genitive singular kjallara, plural kjallarar)

1. cellar, basement (lowest floor of a house. In the Faroe Islands often above the ground)

Declension

Declension of kjallari
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjallari	kjallarin	kjallarar	kjallararnir
accusative	kjallara	kjallaran	kjallarar	kjallararnar
dative	kjallara	kjallaranum	kjallarum	kjallarunum
genitive	kjallara	kjallarans	kjallara	kjallaranna

Derived terms

• fiskakjallari
• kirkjukjallari
• kolkjallari
• krúpikjallari

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin cellārium, through late Old Norse kellari (and Middle Low German keller). Compare Faroese kjallari, Swedish källare, Norwegian kjeller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰatla(ː)rɪ/
• Rhymes: -atlarɪ

Noun

kjallari m (genitive singular kjallara, nominative plural kjallarar)

1. cellar, basement (lowest floor of a house)

Declension

Declension of kjallari (masculine, based on -ari)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjallari	kjallarinn	kjallarar	kjallararnir
accusative	kjallara	kjallarann	kjallara	kjallarana
dative	kjallara	kjallaranum	kjöllurum	kjöllurunum
genitive	kjallara	kjallarans	kjallara	kjallaranna

Further reading

• “kjallari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)