bróðir
Appearance
See also: broþir
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bróðir (“a brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bróðir m (genitive singular bróður, plural brøður)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bróðir | bróðirin | brøður | brøðurnir |
accusative | bróður | bróðurin | brøður | brøðurnar |
dative | bróður | bróðurnum | brøðrum | brøðrunum |
genitive | bróður | bróðurins | brøðra | brøðranna |
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bróðir (“a brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bróðir m (genitive singular bróður or (proscribed) bróðurs, nominative plural bræður) or
(proscribed) bræður f pl (plural only, genitive plural (proscribed) bræðra)
Usage notes
[edit]- The nonstandard genitive singular bróðurs is sometimes used but proscribed.
- For the proscribed feminine inflection, compare regional fjörður, also vetur, fingur, faðir, fótur and to a lesser extent to nouns ending in -andi or -jandi.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bróðir”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “bróðir” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- “bróðir”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Compare Old Saxon brōthar, Old English brōþor, Old High German bruodar, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar).
Noun
[edit]bróðir m (genitive bróður, plural brǿðr or brœðr)
Declension
[edit]masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bróðir | bróðirinn | brǿðr | brǿðrnir |
accusative | bróður | bróðurinn | brǿðr | brǿðrna |
dative | bróður, brǿðr | bróðurnum, brǿðrinum | brǿðrum | brǿðrunum |
genitive | bróður | bróðurins | brǿðra | brǿðranna |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- fo:Family
- fo:Male
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ouːðɪr
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic nouns with multiple genders
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic pluralia tantum
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Family
- is:Male
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- Old Norse masculine r-stem nouns
- non:Family members
- non:Male