fótur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔuːtʊɹ/

Noun

fótur m (genitive singular fótar, plural føtur)

foot
leg
0,5 alin = 31,385 cm
base

Usage notes

Certain frozen expressions have alternative dative and genitive singular forms: føti, fóts.

Declension

Declension of *fótur* (m30)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fótur	fóturin	føtur	føturnir
accusative	fót	fótin	føtur	føturnar
dative	fóti	fótinum	fótum	fótunum
genitive	fótar	fótarins	fóta	fótanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfouːtʏr/, IPA^(key): /ˈfouːtʰʏr/ (Northern Iceland)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ouːtʏr

Noun

fótur m (genitive singular fótar or (proscribed) fóts, nominative plural fætur) or
(proscribed) fótur f pl (plural only, genitive plural (proscribed) fóta)

(anatomy) foot
leg (of animals and people)
leg (of a chair, table, etc.)

Usage notes

For the proscribed feminine inflection, compare regional fjörður, also vetur, fingur, faðir, bróðir and to a lesser extent to nouns ending in -andi or -jandi.

Declension

Declension of *fótur* (masculine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fótur	fóturinn	fætur	fæturnir
accusative	fót	fótinn	fætur	fæturna
dative	fæti	fætinum	fótum	fótunum
genitive	fótar, fóts¹	fótarins, fótsins¹	fóta	fótanna

¹Proscribed.

Declension of *fótur* (pl-only feminine)
	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fótur¹	fóturnar¹
accusative	fótur¹	fóturnar¹
dative	fótum¹	fótunum¹
genitive	fóta¹	fótanna¹

¹Proscribed.

Derived terms

References

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), “fótur”, 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
“fótur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
“fótur”, 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?)