Faroese

Noun

myrkur n (genitive singular myrkurs, uncountable)

1. darkness

Declension

Adjective

myrkur ‎(comparative myrkari, superlative myrkastur)

1. dark

Declension

Synonyms

• døkkur
• dimmur

Antonyms

• ljósur

Derived terms

• myrkagulur
• myrkareyður
• myrkagrønur
• myrkabláur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate to English murk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪr̥kʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪr̥kʏr

Adjective

myrkur ‎(comparative myrkari, superlative myrkastur)

1. dark ^syn.
2. difficult to understand, obscure ^syn.
3. gloomy ^syn.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (dark ^def.): dimmur
• (difficult to understand ^def.): torskilinn
• (gloomy ^def.): þungbúinn

Noun

myrkur n ‎(genitive singular myrkurs, no plural)

1. darkness, the dark
   • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)

     Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.

     And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Declension