reyður

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse rauðr, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective

reyður (comparative reyðari, superlative reyðastur)

1. red

Declension

Declension of reyður (a15)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	reyður	reyð	reytt
Accusative	reyðan	reyða	reytt
Dative	reyðum	reyðari	reyðum
Genitive	reyðs	reyðar	reyðs
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	reyðir	reyðar	reyð
Accusative	reyðar	reyðar	reyð
Dative	reyðum	reyðum	reyðum
Genitive	reyða	reyða	reyða

Derived terms

• dimmreyður, myrkareyður (“dark red”)
• ljósareyður (“pink”, literally “light red”)
• reyðgulur

 

Related terms

• bláur (“blue”)
• brandgulur (“orange”)
• brúnur (“brown”)
• gráur (“grey”)
• grønur (“green”)
• gulur (“yellow”)
• hvítur (“white”)
• litur m (“colour”)
• svartur (“black”)
• viólbláur

 

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse reyðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreiːðʏr/
• Rhymes: -eiːðʏr
• Homophone: reiður

Noun

reyður f (genitive singular reyðar, nominative plural reyðar)

1. rorqual (whale of the family Balaenopteridae)
2. Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

Derived terms

• steypireyður
• langreyður
• hrafnreyður