hósdagur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þórsdagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), calque of Latin dies Iovis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhœstɛaːvʊɹ]
• (Sandoy) IPA^(key): [ˈhɔstɛaːvuɹ]

Noun

hósdagur m (genitive singular hósdags, plural hósdagar)

1. Thursday

Declension

m42	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hósdagur	hósdagurin	hósdagar	hósdagarnir
accusative	hósdag	hósdagin	hósdagar	hósdagarnar
dative	hósdegi	hósdegnum	hósdøgum	hósdøgunum
genitive	hósdags	hósdagsins	hósdaga	hósdaganna

Synonyms

• tórsdagur (Suðuroy dialect)

See also

• (days of the week) dagar í vikuni; sunnudagur, mánadagur, týsdagur, mikudagur/ónsdagur, hósdagur/tórsdagur, fríggjadagur, leygardagur ^{(Category: fo:Days of the week)}