Faroese

Noun

maður m (genitive singular mans, plural menn)

1. man, male
2. husband
3. human being, people
4. sailor
5. member of a group
6. (chess) chessman (except pawns)

Declension

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mánu- ‎(“person”), *man-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -aːðʏr

Noun

maður m ‎(genitive singular manns, nominative plural menn)

1. man, human being ^syn.

   Það tilheyrir náttúru mannsins að hata þá sem hann hefur sært.‎

   It belongs to human nature to hate those that he has hurt.

   • Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)

     Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.

     A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.

2. (mainly used with a definite article) husband ^syn.

   Þetta er Geir, maðurinn minn.‎

   This is Geir, my husband.

3. (chess) chessman ^syn.

   Færðu manninn þinn.‎

   Move your chessman.

Declension

Synonyms

• (human being): ^def. manneskja
• (husband): ^def. eiginmaður
• (chessman): ^def. taflmaður, karl

Derived terms

See also

• eiginkona
• kona

Pronoun

maður

1. one, you

   Maður gerir þetta svona.‎

   You do it like this./One does it like this.

Usage notes

The pronoun maður declines as the noun, but cannot take the definite article. It is placed in a clause in the same way as the noun, but the difference is in the stress: as a pronoun, it never takes the main stress in a sentence.

Derived terms

• maður veit aldrei ‎(“one never knows”)
• koma til dyranna eins og maður er klæddur