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fagur
fagur
Faroese
Adjective
fagur (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastur)
- beautiful, fair, pulchritudinous
- (weather) very good
- (literature) about fiction
- fagrar bókmentir
- fiction
- fagrar bókmentir
Declension
| fagur a29 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | fagur | føgur | fagurt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | fagran | fagra | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | føgrum | fagrari | føgrum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (fagurs) | (fagrar) | (fagurs) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | fagrir | fagrar | føgur |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | fagrar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | føgrum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (fagra) | ||
Synonyms
Antonyms
- ljótur (“ugly”)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːɣʏr/
- Rhymes: -aːɣʏr
Adjective
fagur (comparative fegurri, superlative fegurstur)
Inflection
positive (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fagur | fögur | fagurt |
| accusative | fagran | fagra | fagurt |
| dative | fögrum | fagurri | fögru |
| genitive | fagurs | fagurrar | fagurs |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | fagrir | fagrar | fögur |
| accusative | fagra | fagrar | fögur |
| dative | fögrum | fögrum | fögrum |
| genitive | fagurra | fagurra | fagurra |
positive (weak declension)
comparative
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fegurri | fegurri | fegurra |
| accusative | fegurri | fegurri | fegurra |
| dative | fegurri | fegurri | fegurra |
| genitive | fegurri | fegurri | fegurra |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | fegurri | fegurri | fegurri |
| accusative | fegurri | fegurri | fegurri |
| dative | fegurri | fegurri | fegurri |
| genitive | fegurri | fegurri | fegurri |
superlative (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fegurstur | fegurst | fegurstt |
| accusative | fegurstan | fegursta | fegurstt |
| dative | fegurstum | fegurstri | fegurstu |
| genitive | fegursts | fegurstrar | fegursts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | fegurstir | fegurstar | fegurst |
| accusative | fegursta | fegurstar | fegurst |
| dative | fegurstum | fegurstum | fegurstum |
| genitive | fegurstra | fegurstra | fegurstra |
superlative (weak declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fegursti | fegursta | fegursta |
| accusative | fegursta | fegurstu | fegursta |
| dative | fegursta | fegurstu | fegursta |
| genitive | fegursta | fegurstu | fegursta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | fegurstu | fegurstu | fegurstu |
| accusative | fegurstu | fegurstu | fegurstu |
| dative | fegurstu | fegurstu | fegurstu |
| genitive | fegurstu | fegurstu | fegurstu |
A poetic comparative form fegri also exists:
comparative