fjós

See also: fjos and fjøs

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fjós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɔus/

  Rhymes: -ɔus

Noun

fjós n (genitive singular fjós, plural fjós)

1. a stable or barn for cattle; byre

Declension

n11	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjós	fjósið	fjós	fjósini
accusative	fjós	fjósið	fjós	fjósini
dative	fjósi	fjósinum	fjósum	fjósunum
genitive	fjós	fjósins	fjósa	fjósanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjouːs/

  Rhymes: -ouːs

Noun

fjós n (genitive singular fjóss, nominative plural fjós)

1. a stable or barn for cattle; byre

Declension

Declension of fjós (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjós	fjósið	fjós	fjósin
accusative	fjós	fjósið	fjós	fjósin
dative	fjósi	fjósinu	fjósum	fjósunum
genitive	fjóss	fjóssins	fjósa	fjósanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Contraction of an early compound of fé (“cattle”) and hús (“house”).

However, Noreen denies this because of the nasalisation in Elfdalian, and reconstructs a compound of fé and the descendant of Proto-Germanic hansō (“group”).

Noun

fjós n

1. byre

Descendants

• Faroese: fjós
• Icelandic: fjós
• Norwegian: fjos, fjøs
  • → Danish: fjøs
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fjøs
• Elfdalian: fją̊s
• Swedish: fjös, fjos, fjäs, fäjs