meðal

See also: medal, Medal, and methal

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse meðal, from Proto-Germanic *midlą (“middle”). Compare Danish middel (“means, something used to cure”), which was instead probably borrowed through Low German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːðal/
    Rhymes: -ɛːðal

Noun

meðal n (genitive singular meðals, nominative plural meðul)

  1. a medicine, a drug
  2. (archaic) means
    Tilgangurinn helgar meðalið.
    The end justifies the means.

Declension
declension of meðal
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative meðal meðalið meðul/meðöl meðulin/meðölin
accusative meðal meðalið meðul/meðöl meðulin/meðölin
dative meðali meðalinu meðulum / meðölum meðulunum / meðölunum
genitive meðals meðalsins meðala meðalanna

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Derived terms

Preposition

meðal

  1. (governs the genitive) among, amongst
    Ég er meðal mikilmenna.
    I am amongst great men.

Adverb

meðal

  1. average

Usage notes

Usually always written as a prefix (meðal-), but often written separately when the following word is long (meðal fótboltamaður) although such usage is proscribed.

May in informal speech stand by itself (Ég er bara meðal. (“I'm just average.”)).

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