fjørður

See also: fjörður

Faroese

Kollafjørður

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjøːɹʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -øːɹʊɹ

Noun

fjørður m (genitive singular fjarðar, plural firðir)

1. fjord, firth

   Hann hevur rógvið sín fjørð.

   He has rowed his fjord (= he's dead).

2. broad sound between two islands
3. area at the coast of a fjord

Declension

m46	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjørður	fjørðurin	firðir	firðirnir
accusative	fjørð	fjørðin	firðir	firðirnar
dative	firði	firðinum	fjørðum, firðum	fjørðunum, firðunum
genitive	fjarðar	fjarðarins	fjarða	fjarðanna