ljúfur

See also: Ljúfur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ljúfr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (leubaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *leubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to like; love”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːvʏr

Adjective

ljúfur (comparative ljúfari, superlative ljúfastur)

1. dear, beloved
2. mild, gentle, sweet, tender

Declension

positive forms of ljúfur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ljúfur	ljúf	ljúft
	accusative	ljúfan	ljúfa
	dative	ljúfum	ljúfri	ljúfu
	genitive	ljúfs	ljúfrar	ljúfs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ljúfir	ljúfar	ljúf
	accusative	ljúfa
	dative	ljúfum
	genitive	ljúfra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ljúfi	ljúfa	ljúfa
	acc/dat/gen	ljúfa	ljúfu
	plural (all-case)	ljúfu

comparative forms of ljúfur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	ljúfari	ljúfari	ljúfara
	plural (all-case)	ljúfari

superlative forms of ljúfur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ljúfastur	ljúfust	ljúfast
	accusative	ljúfastan	ljúfasta
	dative	ljúfustum	ljúfastri	ljúfustu
	genitive	ljúfasts	ljúfastrar	ljúfasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ljúfastir	ljúfastar	ljúfust
	accusative	ljúfasta
	dative	ljúfustum
	genitive	ljúfastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ljúfasti	ljúfasta	ljúfasta
	acc/dat/gen	ljúfasta	ljúfustu
	plural (all-case)	ljúfustu

Synonyms

• (mellow): þýður m, þýð f, þýtt n; skapmildur m, skapmild f, skapmilt n
• (sweet): ánægjulegur m, ánægjuleg f, ánægjulegt n

Derived terms

• ljúfur sem lamb m, ljúf sem lamb f, ljúft sem lamb n