kvikur
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Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse kvikr, Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also English quick. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Landt 1800[1] mentions it as typical Faroese in contrast to Danish hurtig.
Adjective
[edit]kvikur (comparative kvikari, superlative kvikastur)
Declension
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Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
Nominative (hvørfall) | kvikur | kvik | kvikt |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | kvikan | kvika | |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | kvikum | kvikari | kvikum |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (kviks) | (kvikar) | (kviks) |
Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
Nominative (hvørfall) | kvikir | kvikar | kvik |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | kvikar | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | kvikum | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | (kvika) |
References
[edit]- ^ Jørgen Landt: Forsøg til en Beskrivelse over Færøerne. Copenhagen 1800, reprinted 1965. (p. 249)
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse kvikr, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz whence also English quick. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kvikur (comparative kvikari, superlative kvikastur)
Declension
[edit] positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | kvikari | kvikari | kvikara |
accusative | kvikari | kvikari | kvikara |
dative | kvikari | kvikari | kvikara |
genitive | kvikari | kvikari | kvikara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | kvikari | kvikari | kvikari |
accusative | kvikari | kvikari | kvikari |
dative | kvikari | kvikari | kvikari |
genitive | kvikari | kvikari | kvikari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | kvikastur | kvikust | kvikast |
accusative | kvikastan | kvikasta | kvikast |
dative | kvikustum | kvikastri | kvikustu |
genitive | kvikasts | kvikastrar | kvikasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | kvikastir | kvikastar | kvikust |
accusative | kvikasta | kvikastar | kvikust |
dative | kvikustum | kvikustum | kvikustum |
genitive | kvikastra | kvikastra | kvikastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | kvikasti | kvikasta | kvikasta |
accusative | kvikasta | kvikustu | kvikasta |
dative | kvikasta | kvikustu | kvikasta |
genitive | kvikasta | kvikustu | kvikasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | kvikustu | kvikustu | kvikustu |
accusative | kvikustu | kvikustu | kvikustu |
dative | kvikustu | kvikustu | kvikustu |
genitive | kvikustu | kvikustu | kvikustu |
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese adjectives
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪːkʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪːkʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic adjectives