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kvikur

kvikur

Faroese

Adjective

kvikur (comparative kvikari, superlative kvikastur)

  1. swift, rapid, quick
    • hann er kvikur
      he has a quick mind

Declension

kvikur a1
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) kvikur kvik kvikt
Accusative (hvønnfall) kvikan kvika
Dative (hvørjumfall) kvikum kvikari kvikum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (kviks) (kvikar) (kviks)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) kvikir kvikar kvik
Accusative (hvønnfall) kvikar
Dative (hvørjumfall) kvikum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (kvika)

References

  1. Jørgen Landt: Forsøg til en Beskrivelse over Færøerne. Copenhagen 1800, reprinted 1965. (p. 249)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kvikr, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz whence also English quick. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪːkʏr

Adjective

kvikur (comparative kvikari, superlative kvikastur)

  1. alive, lively
  2. quick, fast

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms