tryggur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr.

Adjective

tryggur

1. safe, secure

Declension

Declension of tryggur (a20)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tryggur	trygg	trygt
Accusative	tryggan	trygga	trygt
Dative	tryggum	tryggari	tryggum
Genitive	trygs	tryggar/ trygrar	trygs
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tryggir	tryggar	trygg
Accusative	tryggar	tryggar	trygg
Dative	tryggum	tryggum	tryggum
Genitive	trygga trygra	trygga trygra	trygga trygra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr (“true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz. Cognate with the Old English trīewe (English true), Old High German triuwi (German trau); Dutch trouw; Danish tryg, Faroese tryggur, Norwegian Bokmål trygg and Swedish trygg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪkːʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪkːʏr

Adjective

tryggur (comparative tryggari, superlative tryggastur)

1. loyal, faithful

   Hundurinn hennar er mjög tryggur.

   Her dog is very loyal.

2. (of things) which can be trusted, safe

Declension

positive forms of tryggur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggur	trygg	tryggt
	accusative	tryggan	trygga
	dative	tryggum	tryggri	tryggu
	genitive	tryggs	tryggrar	tryggs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggir	tryggar	trygg
	accusative	trygga
	dative	tryggum
	genitive	tryggra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggi	trygga	trygga
	acc/dat/gen	trygga	tryggu
	plural (all-case)	tryggu

comparative forms of tryggur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	tryggari	tryggari	tryggara
	plural (all-case)	tryggari

superlative forms of tryggur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggastur	tryggust	tryggast
	accusative	tryggastan	tryggasta
	dative	tryggustum	tryggastri	tryggustu
	genitive	tryggasts	tryggastrar	tryggasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggastir	tryggastar	tryggust
	accusative	tryggasta
	dative	tryggustum
	genitive	tryggastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggasti	tryggasta	tryggasta
	acc/dat/gen	tryggasta	tryggustu
	plural (all-case)	tryggustu