feigur

Faroese

Etymology

From the Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognates include Old High German feigi (German feige (“cowardly”)); Old English fǣge (English fey) and Dutch veeg. Compare feig.

Adjective

feigur (comparative feigari, superlative feigastur)

1. fey, doomed to death; fated to die, bound by death, death-bound

Declension

Declension of feigur (a1)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	feigur	feig	feigt
accusative	feigan	feiga	feigt
dative	feigum	feigari	feigum
genitive	feigs	feigar	feigs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	feigir	feigar	feig
accusative	feigar	feigar	feig
dative	feigum	feigum	feigum
genitive	feiga	feiga	feiga

Weak adjectival inflection of feigur

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	feigi	feiga	feiga
accusative	feiga	feigu
dative
genitive
plural	all genders
all cases	feigu

Related terms

• feigd

Icelandic

Etymology

From the synonymous Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognates include Old High German feigi (German feige (“cowardly”)); Old English fǣge (English fey) and Dutch veeg. Compare feig.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eiːɣʏr

Adjective

feigur (comparative feigari, superlative feigastur)

1. fey, doomed to death; fated to die, bound by death, death-bound
2. (archaic) dead

Declension

positive forms of feigur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	feigur	feig	feigt
	accusative	feigan	feiga
	dative	feigum	feigri	feigu
	genitive	feigs	feigrar	feigs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	feigir	feigar	feig
	accusative	feiga
	dative	feigum
	genitive	feigra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	feigi	feiga	feiga
	acc/dat/gen	feiga	feigu
	plural (all-case)	feigu

comparative forms of feigur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	feigari	feigari	feigara
	plural (all-case)	feigari

superlative forms of feigur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	feigastur	feigust	feigast
	accusative	feigastan	feigasta
	dative	feigustum	feigastri	feigustu
	genitive	feigasts	feigastrar	feigasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	feigastir	feigastar	feigust
	accusative	feigasta
	dative	feigustum
	genitive	feigastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	feigasti	feigasta	feigasta
	acc/dat/gen	feigasta	feigustu
	plural (all-case)	feigustu

Derived terms

• allt sýnist feigum fært (“all seems possible to those bound by death”)
• bráðfeigur
• ekki verður feigum forðað
• hraðfeigur
• ófeigur
• vilja einhvern feigan (“to wish someone dead”)

Related terms

• feigð

See also

• dauðvona (“moribund”)