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tristur
tristur
Faroese
Noun
tristur m (genitive singular trists, plural tristar)
- rowing boat with six oars and three rowers, 18 feet long
- (card games) three
- (stýrivolt) chosen threes (trump threes)
Synonyms
- tríu, tríur
Declension
| m6 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tristur | tristurin | tristar | tristarnir |
| Accusative | trist | tristin | tristar | tristarnar |
| Dative | tristi | tristinum | tristum | tristunum |
| Genitive | trists | tristsins | trista | tristanna |
Etymology 2
Borrowing from French triste, from Latin tristis, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis.
Adjective
tristur (comparative tristari, superlative tristastur)
Declension
| tristur a5 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tristur | trist | trist |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tristan | trista | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tristum | tristari | tristum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (trists) | (tristar/ tristrar) |
(trists) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | tristir | tristar | trist |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | tristar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | tristum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (trista/ tristra) |
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Synonyms
Old French
Noun
tristur f (oblique plural tristurs, nominative singular tristur, nominative plural tristurs)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tristor