narval
See also: narvál
Catalan
Noun
narval m (plural narvals)
Czech
Noun
narval m
Verb
narval
French
Noun
narval m (plural narvals)
Further reading
- “narval” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naɾˈval/
Noun
narval m (plural narvais)
Spanish
Etymology
From Danish and Norwegian narhval, based on Old Norse nár "corpse" + hvalr "whale", likely because of the pale color of the narwhal's skin (compare Icelandic and Faroese náhvalur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /narˈbal/, [narˈβal]
Noun
narval m (plural narvales)
Further reading
- “narval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Etymology
Probably by metathesis from Old Norse náhvalr (“corpse whale”), based on nár (“corpse”) and hvalr (“whale”).
Noun
narval
Declension
| Declension of narval | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | narval | narvalen | narvalar | narvalarna |
| Genitive | narvals | narvalens | narvalars | narvalarnas |
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