fjölfarinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From fjöl- (“multi-, many, much”) +‎ farinn (“gone”), the past participle of the verb fara (“to go”), meaning "to have gone to many places".

Adjective

fjölfarinn (comparative fjölfarnari, superlative fjölfarnastur)

1. well-travelled, much-frequented

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarinn	fjölfarin	fjölfarið
accusative	fjölfarinn	fjölfarna	fjölfarið
dative	fjölförnum	fjölfarinni	fjölförnu
genitive	fjölfarins	fjölfarinnar	fjölfarins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarnir	fjölfarnar	fjölfarin
accusative	fjölfarna	fjölfarnar	fjölfarin
dative	fjölförnum	fjölförnum	fjölförnum
genitive	fjölfarinna	fjölfarinna	fjölfarinna

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarni	fjölfarna	fjölfarna
accusative	fjölfarna	fjölförnu	fjölfarna
dative	fjölfarna	fjölförnu	fjölfarna
genitive	fjölfarna	fjölförnu	fjölfarna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölförnu	fjölförnu	fjölförnu
accusative	fjölförnu	fjölförnu	fjölförnu
dative	fjölförnu	fjölförnu	fjölförnu
genitive	fjölförnu	fjölförnu	fjölförnu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnara
accusative	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnara
dative	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnara
genitive	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari
accusative	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari
dative	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari
genitive	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari	fjölfarnari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarnastur	fjölförnust	fjölfarnast
accusative	fjölfarnastan	fjölfarnasta	fjölfarnast
dative	fjölförnustum	fjölfarnastri	fjölförnustu
genitive	fjölfarnasts	fjölfarnastrar	fjölfarnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarnastir	fjölfarnastar	fjölförnust
accusative	fjölfarnasta	fjölfarnastar	fjölförnust
dative	fjölförnustum	fjölförnustum	fjölförnustum
genitive	fjölfarnastra	fjölfarnastra	fjölfarnastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölfarnasti	fjölfarnasta	fjölfarnasta
accusative	fjölfarnasta	fjölförnustu	fjölfarnasta
dative	fjölfarnasta	fjölförnustu	fjölfarnasta
genitive	fjölfarnasta	fjölförnustu	fjölfarnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu
accusative	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu
dative	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu
genitive	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu	fjölförnustu

Further reading

• “fjölfarinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)