Noun: tala
Gender: f
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | tala |
| Sg. Def. | talan |
| Pl. Indef. | tölur |
| Pl. Def. | tölurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | tölu |
| Sg. Def. | tölunnar |
| Pl. Indef. | talna |
| Pl. Def. | talnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | tölu |
| Sg. Def. | tölunni |
| Pl. Indef. | tölum |
| Pl. Def. | tölunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | tölu |
| Sg. Def. | töluna |
| Pl. Indef. | tölur |
| Pl. Def. | tölurnar |
Sample Sentences
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Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni. (You are not supposed to fasten the lowest button.)
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Milljón er stór tala. (A million is a big number.)
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Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘? — Það er í eintölu. (What number is the word ‘horse’? — It is singular.)
Nouns inflected like tala
sextándatala,
prímtala,
þvertala,
kennitala,
tvinntala,
frumtala,
áttundatala,
vísitala,
raðtala,
fertala,
tala,
Etymology
1. From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).
2. Cognate with Dutch taal (“language, speech”), English tale (“number”) (from Middle English, from Old English talu (“calculation; story”)), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk. See: Old Norse Nouns '
tala', Dutch Nouns '
taal', English Nouns '
tale', Old English Nouns '
talu', German Nouns '
Zahl', Danish Nouns '
tale', Latin Nouns '
dolus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
δόλος'.
Verbs referencing "tala"
English Nouns
tale.
Translations
speak, to communicate with one's voice using words
speak, to be able to communicate in a language
talk, to communicate by speech