aðal-

Inherited from Old Norse aðall, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. Related to Icelandic aðall (“nobility”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːðal/

aðal-

1. main, chief, head, principal

   aðal- + áhrif (“effect”) ⇒ aðaláhrif (“main effect”)

   aðal- + bygging (“building”) ⇒ aðalbygging (“main building”)

   aðal- + áhugamál (“interest, field of interest; hobbyhorse; hobby”) ⇒ aðaláhugamál (“main interest”)

   aðal- + fag (“subject; field of subject”) ⇒ aðalfag (“major”)

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• “aðal-” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

aðal-

1. Alternative form of athal-