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veðurfastur

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Faroese

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Etymology

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Compound of veður (‘weather’) and fastur (‘fixed, fast, firm’)

Adjective

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veðurfastur

  1. ‘weather-fastened’ (when the weather conditions prevent one's getting away from a place)
    Hann situr veðurfastur her.He sits ‘weather-fastened’ here [can't move from here due to the weather]
    • Hon situr veðurføst har uppi.[1]
      She sits ‘weather fastned’ up there (can't move from there due to the weather).
    • Veðurføst is the title of the first play in Faroese language by Helena Patursson 1889

Declension

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Declension of veðurfastur (a21)
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative veðurfastur veðurføst veðurfast
Accusative veðurfastan veðurfasta veðurfast
Dative veðurføstum veðurfastari veðurføstum
Genitive veðurfasts veðurfastar/
veðurfastrar
veðurfasts
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative veðurfastir veðurfastar veðurføst
Accusative veðurfastar veðurfastar veðurføst
Dative veðurføstum veðurføstum veðurføstum
Genitive veðurfasta
veðurfastra
veðurfasta
veðurfastra
veðurfasta
veðurfastra

References

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  1. ^ portal.fo: Helle Thorning-Schmidt avlýsir Føroyarvitjan (“Helle Thorning-Schmidt cancels Faroe visit”), 25 October 2007