kál

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌl/

kál m (feminine singular klà, masculine plural kí, feminine plural kál)

1. (in conjunction with kè) this

   Kál gāt kè l-ê rás.

   This cat is red.

2. (in conjunction with lè) that (medial deixis)

   Kál gāt lè l-ê rás.

   That cat (near the addressee) is red.

3. (in conjunction with là) that, yon (distal deixis)

   Kál gāt là l-ê rás.

   That cat (far from both the speaker and the addressee) is red.

• kl- is used in the masculine singular, before a vowel.
• kl’ is used in the feminine singular, before a vowel.
• k- is used in the masculine plural, before a vowel.
• kálj is used in the feminine plural, before a vowel.

From Old Norse kál, from Old English cawel, caul, cāl, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l or *kowos (“tubular bone, pipe”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔaːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔaːl

kál n (genitive singular káls, plural kál)

1. cabbage (Brassica)

From Old Norse kál, from Old English cawel, caul, cāl, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰauːl/

  Rhymes: -auːl

kál n (genitive singular káls, no plural)

1. a plant of the genus Brassica; cabbage, kale, cole, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, etc.

• blómkál (“cauliflower”)
• grænkál (“kale”)
• hnúðkál (“kohlrabi”)
• hvítkál (“white cabbage”)
• rauðkál (“red cabbage”)
• rósakál (“Brussels sprout”)
• spergilkál (“broccoli”)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.