tær

See also: taer, tåer, and Appendix:Variations of "ter"

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ér, þér, an Old Norse derivative of a variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. The initial þ comes from the ð in the second person plural verb ending (e.g. hafið ér → reinterpreted as hafið þér).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɛaːɹ/
• (Suðuroy) IPA^(key): /tʰeːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ

Pronoun

tær

1. dative singular of tú
2. nominative/accusative plural of hon
3. nominative/accusative feminine plural of tann (“demonstrative pronoun”)
4. (archaic, poetic) you (plural)

See also

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	tann (sá)†	tann (sú)†	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	tann	ta (tí) (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tær f pl

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of tá

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaiːr/

  Rhymes: -aiːr

Etymology 1

Adjective

tær (comparative tærari, superlative tærastur)

1. clear

   Hafið er mjög tært.

   The ocean is very clear.

Declension

positive forms of tær

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tær	tær	tært
	accusative	tæran	tæra
	dative	tærum	tærri	tæru
	genitive	tærs	tærrar	tærs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærir	tærar	tær
	accusative	tæra
	dative	tærum
	genitive	tærra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tæri	tæra	tæra
	acc/dat/gen	tæra	tæru
	plural (all-case)	tæru

comparative forms of tær

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	tærari	tærari	tærara
	plural (all-case)	tærari

superlative forms of tær

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærastur	tærust	tærast
	accusative	tærastan	tærasta
	dative	tærustum	tærastri	tærustu
	genitive	tærasts	tærastrar	tærasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærastir	tærastar	tærust
	accusative	tærasta
	dative	tærustum
	genitive	tærastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tærasti	tærasta	tærasta
	acc/dat/gen	tærasta	tærustu
	plural (all-case)	tærustu

Etymology 2

Noun

tær f pl

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of tá

Middle English

Noun

tær

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of teer (“tear”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tær m or f

1. indefinite plural of tå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

tær f

1. indefinite plural of tå

Etymology 2

Verb

tær

1. imperative of tæra

Old English

Verb

tær

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of teran