smali

From Old Norse smali (“livestock”). In the sense “herdsman” (attested since the 17th century[1][2]) the word is a shortening of smalamaður (“herdsman”), which is derived from this word in the sense “livestock”. The sense “assembler” is derived from the “herdsman” sense, being a poetic translation of English assembler. Ultimately derived from the adjective smalr (“small”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz, referring originally to smaller livestock, such as sheep and goats. Compare German Schmalvieh (“small livestock”).[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaːlɪ/

  Rhymes: -aːlɪ

smali m (genitive singular smala, nominative plural smalar)

1. (obsolete, collective) livestock
2. herder, herdsman
3. (figurative) someone who gathers people for an event, such as voting
4. (computing) assembler (compiler for assembly language)

• (herdsman): hirðir, smalamaður

• smal
• smala (to gather, to round up sheep; to assemble)

• hlaupastelpa

From the adjective smalr (“small”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz, referring originally to smaller livestock, such as sheep and goats. Compare German Schmalvieh (“small livestock”).

smali m

1. (collective) livestock

• Icelandic: smali
• Faroese: smali, smala
• Norwegian: smale
• Swedish: smale (“sheep or goats”) (dialectal, collective), smala (“sheep”) (dialectal, countable)
• Dalian: smali, smålå (nom. & acc. forms, resp.)
• Helsingian: småle

• “smali” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsma.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: sma‧li

smali

1. third-person singular present of smalić