tungl

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tungl (“moon”), from Proto-Germanic *tunglą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰʏŋl̥/

Noun

tungl n (genitive singular tungls, nominative plural tungl)

  1. a moon
  2. a satellite

Declension
declension of tungl
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tungl tunglið tungl tunglin
accusative tungl tunglið tungl tunglin
dative tungli tunglinu tunglum tunglunum
genitive tungls tunglsins tungla tunglanna

Synonyms
  • (moon): máni
  • (satellite): fylgitungl

Derived terms

See also
Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text)
Star Sólin
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets		 Merkúr Venus Jörðin Mars Seres Júpíter Satúrnus Úranus Neptúnus Plútó Eris
Notable
moons		 — — Tunglið Fóbos
Deimos		 — Íó
Evrópa
Ganýmedes
Kallistó		 Mímas
Enkeladus
Teþis
Díóne
Rea
Títan
Japetus
Míranda
Aríel
Úmbríel
Títanía
Óberon		 Tríton Karon Dysnómía

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tunglą, cognate with Old High German *zungal (see there) and Old English tungol. Further etymology unknown; Pokorny reconstructs a PIE root *dengh- "to shine" just from this Germanic word and a Baltic word for "to seem, to appear" (Lithuanian diñga).

Noun

tungl n

  1. moon
  2. heavenly body

Declension
  Declension of tungl (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tungl tunglit tungl tunglin
accusative tungl tunglit tungl tunglin
dative tungli tunglinu tunglum tunglunum
genitive tungls tunglsins tungla tunglanna

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: tungl
  • Faroese: tungl
  • Elfdalian: tunggel
  • Old Swedish: tungel
    • Swedish: (dated, dialectal) tungel

References
  • “tungl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson, An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1874, s.v. "tungl".
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