Faroese

Noun

skarlak n (genitive singular skarlaks, uncountable)

1. scarlet

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowing 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