muskatt

Faroese

Etymology

From German Muskat, from Old French noix muscat, from Medieval Latin muscata (“nutmeg”), from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos, “musk”), from Middle Persian *mušk; ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland being similar.

Noun

muskatt n (genitive singular muskats, uncountable)

  1. nutmeg

Declension
n9s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative muskatt muskattið
Accusative muskatt muskattið
Dative muskatti muskattinum
Genitive muskats muskatsins
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