skarlak

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skarlak, which came via Middle Low German [Term?] from Medieval Latin scarlatum, originally from Persian سقرلاط‎ (saqirlāt, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط‎ (siqillāt, “scarlet cloth”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskaɻɭak/

Noun

skarlak n (genitive singular skarlaks, uncountable)

  1. scarlet

Declension
Declension of skarlak (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative skarlak skarlakið
accusative skarlak skarlakið
dative skarlaki skarlakinum
genitive skarlaks skarlaksins

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German [Term?], from Medieval Latin scarlatum, originally from Persian سقرلاط‎ (saqirlāt, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط‎ (siqillāt, “scarlet cloth”), of unknown origin.

Noun

skarlak n

  1. scarlet
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