mansal
Icelandic
Etymology
From man (“enslaved person; enslaved girl”) + sal (“sale”). "Sal" is derived from selja and is an archaic form, modern speech only uses sala. Man is also an archaic word, so the misspelling mannsal ("person + selling") is quite common.
Noun
mansal n (genitive singular mansals, nominative plural mansöl)
- human trafficking, particularly when referring to sex trafficking of women
- slave trade
Declension
References
- Af hverju er sagt mansal en ekki mannsal?, Guðrún Kvaran (2019). Vísindavefurinn.
Further reading
- “mansal” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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