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orgul

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From German Orgel.

Noun

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orgul n (genitive singular orguls, plural orgul)

  1. organ (musical instrument)

Declension

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n13 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative orgul orglið orgul orglini
accusative orgul orglið orgul orglini
dative orgli orglinum orglum orglunum
genitive orguls orgulsins orgla orglanna

Synonyms

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Catalan orgull, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orgul m (usually uncountable)

  1. pride
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 54r:
      [] ora alcriador e quiçab oẏra al nŕo ſennor las palabras e el orgul de rabceſſe q́ lo trametio el reẏ de ſur ſo ſeńor por de noſtar al dios uiuo.
      [] Pray to the Creator and perhaps Our Lord will hear the words and pride of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the south, his master, sent to defy the Living God.”