galin

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse galinn (“jinxed, spellbound”), from gala (“to sing, cry, bewitch”), whence also Faroese gala (“to crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛalɪn]

Adjective

galin

1. mad, crazy, senseless
2. wrong

Declension

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	galin	galin	galið
Accusative (hvønnfall)	galnan	galna
Dative (hvørjumfall)	galnum	galnari	galnum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(galins)	(galnar)	(galins)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	galnir	galnar	galin
Accusative (hvønnfall)	galnar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	galnum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(galna)

Synonyms

• sansaleysur, ovursintur, vitleysur, óður
• skeivur

Old Norse

Participle

galin

1. inflection of galinn:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Volapük

Noun

galin (uncountable galins)

1. gallium

Declension

declension of galin

	singular
nominative	galin
genitive	galina
dative	galine
accusative	galini
vocative 1	o galin!
predicative 2	galinu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only