mætur

See also: matur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mætr, from Proto-Germanic *mētiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛaːʰtʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰtʊɹ
• Homophone: matur

Adjective

mætur (comparative mætari, superlative mætastur)

1. notable, valuable, mighty, excellent
2. good, nice

Declension

Declension of mætur (a1)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mætur	mæt	mætt
Accusative	mætan	mæta	mætt
Dative	mætum	mætari	mætum
Genitive	mæts	mætar	mæts
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mætir	mætar	mæt
Accusative	mætar	mætar	mæt
Dative	mætum	mætum	mætum
Genitive	mæta	mæta	mæta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mætr, from Proto-Germanic *mētiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaiːtʏr/
• Rhymes: -aiːtʏr

Adjective

mætur (comparative mætari, superlative mætastur)

1. respected, distinguished

Declension

positive forms of mætur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mætur	mæt	mætt
	accusative	mætan	mæta
	dative	mætum	mætri	mætu
	genitive	mæts	mætrar	mæts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mætir	mætar	mæt
	accusative	mæta
	dative	mætum
	genitive	mætra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mæti	mæta	mæta
	acc/dat/gen	mæta	mætu
	plural (all-case)	mætu

comparative forms of mætur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	mætari	mætari	mætara
	plural (all-case)	mætari

superlative forms of mætur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mætastur	mætust	mætast
	accusative	mætastan	mætasta
	dative	mætustum	mætastri	mætustu
	genitive	mætasts	mætastrar	mætasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mætastir	mætastar	mætust
	accusative	mætasta
	dative	mætustum
	genitive	mætastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	mætasti	mætasta	mætasta
	acc/dat/gen	mætasta	mætustu
	plural (all-case)	mætustu

Noun

mætur f pl (plural only, genitive plural mæta)

1. only used in set phrases

Usage notes

• Mostly used in the accusative case in the term hafa mætur á.

Declension

Declension of mætur (pl-only feminine)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mætur	mæturnar
accusative	mætur	mæturnar
dative	mætum	mætunum
genitive	mæta	mætanna

Derived terms

• hafa mætur á, hafa miklar mætur á (“to prize someone highly”)