Icelandic

Noun

hákarl m ‎(genitive singular hákarls, nominative plural hákarlar)

1. a Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus
2. any shark (scaleless cartilaginous fish)

Derived terms

Related terms

• háskerðingur

See also

• hapanhai

Usage notes

• The dated term hákerling ‎(“há- and old woman”) was once used to refer to sharks as well.

References

1. 1 2 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Old Norse

Etymology

See hákarl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haː.karl/

Noun

hákarl m (genitive hákarls, plural hákarlar)

1. a shark

Declension

Descendants

• Belarusian: аку́ла f ‎(akúla)
• Dutch: haai m
  • Afrikaans: haai
  • Danish: haj c
  • English: haye
  • German: Hai m
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: hai m

    Nynorsk: hai m

  • Swedish: haj c
    • Estonian: hai
    • Finnish: hai
• Faroese: hákallur m ‎(“basking shark”)
• Icelandic: hákarl m ‎(“Greenland shark”)
• Russian: аку́ла f ‎(akúla)

  Adyghe: акул ‎(āk°l)

  Bulgarian: аку́ла f ‎(akúla)

  Kazakh: акула ‎(akwla)

  Kyrgyz: акула ‎(akula)

  Macedonian: ајкула f ‎(ajkula)

  Serbo-Croatian: ȁjkula f, а̏јкула f

  Skolt Sami: akkli

  Tatar: аку́ла ‎(aqúla)

  Turkmen: akula

  Uzbek: akula

• Ukrainian: аку́ла f ‎(akúla)